MONTREAL -- Didier Drogba will return for preseason training with the Montreal Impact, but owner Joey Saputo stopped short of saying that the Chelsea legend will spend the entire 2016 season with the MLS club.
Drogba signed an 18-month contract with the Impact last summer. With 12 goals in 14 appearances, he led the Impact past Canadian rival Toronto FC in the first round of the 2015 playoffs before the CONCACAF Champions League runners-up lost in the Eastern Conference semifinal to Columbus.
But Drogba's second season with the Impact has been in doubt since he was spotted taking in a Chelsea match last month with owner Roman Abramovich and interim manager Guus Hiddink, who expressed interest in Drogba joining his staff.