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DIDIER DROGBA has urged Roman Abramovich to end his purge of Chelsea’s old soldiers.
The former Blues striker fears the spirit that made the club so formidable is in danger of disappearing unless Frank Lampard and John Terry stay to pass on their much-envied mentality to the next generation.
Drogba and Chelsea’s title-winning ex-boss Jose Mourinho have left and 34-year-old Lamps could be gone within six weeks unless owner Abramovich stages a dramatic U-turn.
Skipper Terry, 32, has one season left on his contract but the team built by Mourinho is being dismantled, leaving Chelsea with nothing but tales of glory and DVDs to show the club’s new crop of stars.
Big-name stars like Nicolas Anelka, Claude Makelele and Michael Essien have also left Stamford Bridge Drogba, 35, is now with Turkish side Galatasaray after leaving the King’s Road club last summer.
And he has urged Chelsea to preserve the Special Ones that are left at Stamford Bridge.
He said: “When we speak about important players who have made history for a club, I think of Ryan Giggs at Manchester United or Paolo Maldini at AC Milan.
“Of course, there will be new, young talent to keep improving the club but players like John and Frank should stay to share their passion for the club and the mentality of the club to these young players.
“They should stay. What Frank is doing now is unbelievable “To be two goals from being Chelsea’s all-time top scorer is remarkable. He has to stay.”
Stretched across a sofa at Galatasaray’s training ground ahead of tonight’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid, Drogba said: “There has been change at Chelsea. Players have left — me, Michael Essien, Jose Bosingwa and Claude Makelele and Florent Malouda is not playing.
“These were important players for the team. They have brought in a lot of new, young players who do not know the league so there will be up and downs. What we had was unique but it is like when you learn to ride a bike. Even if you do not do it for years, when you find a new bike you don’t forget.
“All the players who were there at that time, we still have that winning mentality. It is something you do not lose.
“It is something that can come back again but with Frank and John staying it makes it easier — and you might win something more as well.”
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