Drogba admits Mourinho has third-season syndrome

Didier Drogba has warned that Jose Mourinho might be experiencing a return of the third-year blues.

The Chelsea manager is currently enduring the worst period in his coaching career, with the Stamford Bridge club languishing in 16th place with 11 points.

Speaking about the end of Mourinho’s first stint as Chelsea manager in September 2007, Drogba wrote in his new autobiography, ‘Commitment’: “I believe things often come in three-year cycles (and) we had arrived at the end of such a cycle.

“By the start of the fourth (season) that Jose had been in charge, I think we had started to reach a point where it was sometimes harder for his message to get through.

“We wanted to hear it, we tried, but somehow we had lost a little bit of what made us special.”

This season, Chelsea have lost seven of their 12 games – and 10 of 19 in all competitions.

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