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MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Jamaticulus(m): 9:13am On Oct 18, 2013 |
Dider Drogba and Jose Mourinho shared many memories together at Chelsea and while the giant Ivorian is retired these days, it appears the two friends shared and will continue to share a bond that is simply quite special. Here’s Jose Mourinho’s foreword to Didier Drogba’s autobiography. If you don’t feel the urge to cry after this, you’re not human! I’m a person who likes to treasure memories, and with them I can tell the world many things. I’m not a writer, even less a poet, but my life has been rich with stories, stories full of extraordinary moments. Looking back at them, I can find only a few special people who I will keep in my soul and in my heart forever. Didier Drogba came into my life in the fifth minute of a Champions League game in Marseille’s mythical Vélodrome. I’d hardly sat down when that giant with the number 11 on his shirt scored. I remember he celebrated that goal like it was his last and he turned an already hostile atmosphere into a fireball of flares, chants and emotion. The crowd went mad, the noise was deafening. At half-time I found him in the tunnel and told him: ‘I don’t have the money to buy you, but do you have any cousins that can play like you in the Ivory Coast?’ In the middle of this tense qualification game he laughed, hugged me and said: ‘One day you’ll be in a club which can buy me.’ Six months later I signed for Chelsea. I had found a super powerful club which everybody wanted to negotiate with, everybody wanted to be linked to – and everybody wanted to play for. I had a number of options, but I arrived and said: ‘I want Didier Drogba.’ Doubts and questions were raised by a few people: ‘Why this one?’, ‘Why not that one?’, ‘Are you sure he will adapt?’, ‘Is he really that good?’ ‘I want Didier Drogba,’ I said. A few days passed and I met with Didier in a private airport in London. Again he hugged me, but this time in an unforgettable way: an embrace that showed this man’s gratitude, and the affection he feels towards people who mean a lot to him. Indescribable. Then he told me: ‘Thank you. I will fight for you. You won’t regret it. I will stay loyal to you forever.’ And that’s just what he’s done. His loyalty came out in his leadership and in the way he always faced up to the difficult moments. Moments when nothing else matters than to be there for your leader and your colleagues. This was a person I knew I could count on whenever and wherever I needed. When the team was under pressure he would go back and help the defenders; when he felt pain he would stretch himself to the limit and never give up. Then of course came what he did best: he scored and scored. Those goals brought him titles, amazing awards, but what stays with me are the countless stories we have together. Didier is a special person. And I repeat if I may: person. I could say player of course – and he’s an unbelievable one – but above all, his impact on the world at the moment is as a person: as an African, as an emperor of the Ivory Coast, as a father, and as a son and as a friend. And some of us have the privilege to have him in our lives. Months after the Cup final I was out of Chelsea. As on the first day, there came that same embrace. I couldn’t speak and Didier could only say: ‘This is not possible, this is not possible, this is not happening.’ I could only find the strength to turn and walk away. Perhaps this preface should focus on Didier the player. But the player everybody knows – the leader, the title collector, the benefactor as well. All these things he has achieved with skill, effort and humility. Didier is in my life as one of the best players I have managed in my career. But much more importantly, he’s in my life as one of the best and most unforgettable friends.Together, the two of us side by side, fighting for the same thing? Far away? In different clubs? In different countries? Or old, with Didier in retirement and me coaching in a wheelchair? It doesn’t matter. Didier. Always near to my heart.” José Mourinho Culled from SoccerNation!!! 4 Likes |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by AKNAPOLEON: 9:29am On Oct 18, 2013 |
Jose Mourinho:my Jesus Christ on earth. |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by weezii(m): 9:32am On Oct 18, 2013 |
wow |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by JABB(m): 9:45am On Oct 18, 2013 |
Oh,....Am happy and tears keep dropping off my eyes |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Chaleeee: 9:46am On Oct 18, 2013 |
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Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by kalushaiyke(m): 10:12am On Oct 18, 2013 |
Mourinho sure knows how to talk,even when he doesn't want to...nice piece The Special One |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Grendel(m): 10:12am On Oct 18, 2013 |
Wao! Such a friendship!! |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Goke7: 11:16am On Oct 18, 2013 |
They are true friends indeed, wish he could be lured back to chelsea instead of Eto, they shared an enviable bond |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by ksam(m): 11:28am On Oct 18, 2013 |
No sentiment,,but if Drogba was white,he would have won the best player in the world award... 1 Like |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Nobody: 12:50pm On Oct 18, 2013 |
aawww this is very touching, they are both special and will never be forgotten. |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Nobody: 1:45pm On Oct 18, 2013 |
Jessy Maureeno weds Didier Drogba! Thank God tomorrow is Saturday. 1 Like |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Indifferent(m): 6:28pm On Oct 18, 2013 |
I'm a Man U fan but whenever Drogba scores then in Chelsea, i celebrate. Exept the ones scored against Man U. |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by sCun: 11:03pm On Oct 18, 2013 |
ksam: No sentiment,,but if Drogba was white,he would have won the best player in the world award...Ahut the fuçk up! At not time has Drogba ever been the best player in the world. |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by kuphid(f): 9:37am On Oct 19, 2013 |
Awwwww! So touching....Drogba is a great man |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Fkforyou(m): 10:51am On Oct 19, 2013 |
Nice one mourinho...Am an Arsenal fan but I must admit Drogba is a good striker there was a time he had 12goals in 12 matches against arsenal,does moment were terrible for me..... ....Drogba finally earned my respect in the champions league final...(I wanted chelsea to lose so badly)...when drogba scored I swear I thought I was dreaming... 1 Like |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by asaajuomo1(m): 10:58am On Oct 19, 2013 |
An appreciative and inspiring one from D special one |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by Xb4Real: 11:28am On Oct 19, 2013 |
Chai. I just pray someday someone will write something like this about me. Though, not as a footballer, but in my gifted profession. Sure, it must come to pass. So help me God. Yeah, now to the topic; these two remain my most adorable n respected LIVING LEGENDS. everything about them gladdens my heart. What a RELATIONSHIP. |
Re: MUST READ: Jose Mourinho’s Touching Foreword To Didier Drogba’s Autobiography! by gwas(m): 11:42am On Oct 19, 2013 |
Now I know the reason Drogba cried when Jose was leaving Chelsea |
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