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Mourinho: Chelsea job waiting for Drogba after retirement

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says Didier Drogba will have a job with the club once he retires.

Mourinho revealed Drogba will be offered a role as a coach, possibly working with the club's youth team, or as a "main ambassador". Mourinho suggested that Drogba could even assist the club's technical director Michael Emenalo.

"It is a return to stay," Mourinho said before referring to the clubs - China's Shanghai Shenhua and Turkey's Galatasaray - that Drogba played for after leaving Chelsea in 2012.

"No longer will there be more (Drogba) in China or Drogba playing at Galatasaray," Mourinho said suggesting that Chelsea will be the 36-year-old Ivorian's last club.

"Drogba will be a coach or assistant youth football team or the main ambassador of Chelsea or assistant director of sports. There will be a role for him what he wants. He is a player who Mr Abramovich wants at the club."

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