After retiring from active football, Didier Drogba has confirmed that his next burning desire is to venture into management.
Drogba, 40, was playing for Phoenix, a club in the US that he co-owns and now he has set his eyes onto the next challenge: management. The Ivorian played for Chelsea in two spells where he was coached by Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.
“I’ve met enough managers to make it possible. I’ve worked with a lot of managers – different skills, different approaches – and I’ve played with a lot of very good players who understand the game. I learned so much that this could be an option, a good option.
“When you have Mourinho, Ancelotti, all these managers, and players like Frank Lampard, John Terry, Michael Ballack, Petr Cech, all these guys, you learn a lot,” Drogba said in an exclusive interview with Soccer AM.
“In a dressing room, you experience so many things so when I ask if management could an option. Why not? I think I could do well. Having played in the US, Asia, Europe and with the national team in Africa, I think I’ve done it all.
“Football is something I’ve been doing for 20 years, but besides that, I’m doing different things and I want to be successful in those things.”
Drogba managed to lead Ivory Coast to three World Cups and had a rather successful run in AFCON campaign missing twice at the ultimate stage. The Elephants lost to the Egyptians in 2008 before bowing out against the Zambians in 2012.
Should coach a club or a national team??