The Chinese season has now ended while the Blues are on the brink of elimination from this season's Champions League after Tuesday evening's loss to Juventus and sacked Roberto Di Matteo on Wednesday morning.
Any temporary move to Chelsea would not see the Ivorian feature in the final match against Nordsjaelland, however, as clubs must register their squads for the group stage with UEFA before their first match.
Drogba has also been linked with a loan move to Liverpool, who have a striker crisis, while he has said he would like to return to former club Marseille one day.
We are outside the official transfer window and so Drogba would require an exemption to move. "The FIFA administration services are looking into it," the world governing body said in a statement.
FIFA has previously upheld the rules in previous cases when David Beckham, Thierry Henry and Landon Donovan were made to wait until January to make loan moves to Europe after the end of the Major League Soccer season.
Drogba appears to be keen to keep playing as the African Cup of Nations begins on January 19 in South Africa.
Should the Ivory Coast captain's request be denied, he would be eligible to join another club on loan on January 1, but that would give him little time before having to join up with the Elephants.
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