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John Terry, Didier Drogba and Jose Mourinho (Picture by Clive Mason, Ahmad Mora/Getty Photos)
Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has taken to social media to strongly defend his former supervisor Jose Mourinho in opposition to racism allegations in Turkey in the mean time.
The Portuguese tactician, at present in command of Fenerbahce, is underneath hearth over allegations from Galatasaray that he referred to their bench celebrating like “monkeys”, as per BBC Sport.
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Mourinho has a historical past of being extremely outspoken and making some controversial feedback, however it appears his former participant Drogba is completely adamant that he’s not a racist.
See under for Drogba’s publish on X as he stood up for Mourinho in an emotional message to his former membership Galatasaray…
Pricey @GalatasaraySK
You understand how proud I used to be to put on the yellow and purple jersey and my love for probably the most embellished membership in Turkey!!
Everyone knows how passionate and heated rivalries could be, and I’ve been fortunate sufficient to expertise it.
Ive seen the current feedback about Jose…
— Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) February 26, 2025
Drogba stated: “Belief me after I let you know I’ve recognized Jose for 25 years and he’s not a racist and historical past (previous and up to date ) is there to show it.”
Chelsea legends make their emotions clear about Jose Mourinho amid racism allegations
Fenerbahce supervisor Jose Mourinho (Picture by Ahmad Mora/Getty Photos)
One other former Chelsea star, Michael Essien, posted a picture that may counsel fairly strongly that he echoes the phrases of his outdated teammate Drogba on this matter…
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— Michael Essien® (@MichaelEssien) February 26, 2025
Essien posted an outdated picture of himself with Drogba and Mourinho throughout their time collectively at Chelsea, the place they loved loads of success collectively.
Mourinho went on to handle Chelsea’s rivals Manchester United and Tottenham, however he’s actually greatest remembered for that early interval of success at Stamford Bridge.
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Drogba and Essien have been amongst his most interesting gamers, and performed a key function within the membership’s success, so it’s not too stunning to see that they clearly assume very extremely of their outdated supervisor.
Nonetheless, will probably be fascinating to see how this saga develops and if Galatasaray discover there may be really any proof that Mourinho stated something genuinely racist.
