Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba admits he would have remained at Chelsea in 2012 if an agreement was made over a contract.
Drogba left the club at the end of the 2011/12 season after winning the Champions League title in Munich. He went on to join Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua and then moved to Turkish side Galatasaray. He will now face his former club in the round of 16 clash at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday and the striker admits he may have stayed.
Why did I leave Chelsea? I didn't want to talk about that, but I would have stayed if we could find a satisfactory agreement for both parties. I will live there (in London) at the end of my career. My children grew there and like London.
I remember at the start I was depressed there, seeing dark sky and night so early every day. The two first seasons I was always saying: I am fed up, I can't adapt, I want to leave! Finally I held on and there is the result!
He went on saying his return to Stamford Bridge will be an emotional return where he spent eight years playing at.
There will be emotion that is for sure, but I will quickly enter the match.You can't remain indifferent to the fact to have spent eight years in a club and won so many titles, notably the most beautiful competition [the Champions League]. But tonight I will really play that match. I know each corner of that stadium, I have my habits. Indeed I don't know how I will react because I never experienced such a come-back, but I am so happy to be back.The first leg reminded me of some training-sessions from two or three years ago. Believe me, with John Terry we didn't do any favours at that time!