Farewell to Drogba and Cech

Mourinho paid tribute to Drogba and Cech - whose future remains uncertain - after the game, but will waste little time in turning his attention to next season. If last summer’s transfer activity is anything to go by his plans will already have taken shape.
"The reality is that Petr played lots of matches in every competition so we made him feel important," Mourinho said of Cech after the game. "I can cope with it, for me it’s no problem to have both but obviously I don’t know what Petr is thinking."

Now, in his second spell at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho is much more than a hired gun. He is the man charged with leaving a lasting legacy.

“You can win something in a certain moment of your career and that’s it or you can win on a regular basis,” Mourinho said.

“That’s the difference between somebody who is champions and the champions. That’s the direction I want to motivate them to go in.”

If Mourinho’s new crop is as successful as Drogba, Cech, Terry, Frank Lampard and Co. he will have more than achieved his goal.