Jose Mourinho believes Didier Drogba will return to Chelsea one day as the Ivorian prepares to take on his former club with Galatasaray on Tuesday evening.
Drogba will take the field at Stamford Bridge for the first time since leaving the Blues in the summer of 2012,
immediately after scoring the winning penalty to clinch the club's first Champions League triumph.
The Ivorian's feats have established him as one of Chelsea's greatest ever players, and Mourinho thinks he will return to the club in some capacity in the future.
When asked whether he could see Drogba coming back, the Portuguese told reporters: "That's not for me [to decide]. That's for Chelsea [to decide]. I think it has to happen one day.
"When? I don't know. As a player, as a coach, as an ambassador? Next year, in four to five years, in 10 years? I don't know. But when a person represents so much to a club and when a club represents so much to a person I think he has to be welcomed back.
"Undoubtedly he's one of the most important players of the history of this club. That's not a doubt.
I would be so glad to have him back. But the truth is...can he still perform as much as the fans want him to do?
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