Didier Drogba says he'll
always be grateful to his former Chelsea manager Jose
Mourinho.
The Ivorian hitman admits he would have risked breaking his legs
playing for the Special One but was not happy with one of the
successors Luiz Felipe Scolari who dropped Drogba - a decision that
cost the Brazilian his job.
He said: "Mourinho is somebody very strong tactically but mainly
from the psychological side. He knows how to get through to the
players.
"I remember sometimes I would talk to him and say 'Why are you
giving me two days off even though we have a match in a few days?'
And he said that my rest was mostly psychological.
"That means you can cut yourself off for a couple of days and
you rest and you're mentally well and you come back fresh. The
mental side is 90 per cent of football. The players are with him
absolutely. He gives you everything.
"He says 'Do what you want, with me you can do what you want.
But on the pitch you give me everything. You don't betray me. I
give you everything you want, I give you days off but you must be
performing on the pitch.'
"He would come and tell you if you had a bad game that you
didn't play well but the next match if you played well he'd also
come to say 'For me you were man of the match.'
"I loved him because he made me progress as a player. I was
ready to break my legs for him.
"For Scolari also but I didn't have the chance. Football is like
that."