The ex-Germany international, who played more than 100 times for Bayern in the 1990s, is convinced the Blues have what it takes to overcome the Bundesliga side and is adamant that "unplayable" Drogba will play a key role.
"For Chelsea I think that Drogba will be the main man," the former Manchester City and Newcastle player told Goal.com. "On his day Drogba is unplayable.
"He really is a phenomenal player and the way he leads the line is awesome. If he has a good game on Saturday then they will have a very good chance of winning but there will not be much in it.
"He was superb against Barcelona in the semi-final and against Liverpool in the FA Cup final and Bayern will have to be ready to stand up to him because he is so powerful."
Chelsea will be without skipper John Terry, Branislav Ivanovic, Ramires and Raul Meireles although Hamann is certain that the Premier League club have more resources to cope with suspensions than their German rivals. - who will have to make do without Gustavo, Diego Alaba and Holger Badstuber
"I just feel that Chelsea have a slightly bigger squad so they will have a better chance of compensating for those losses," he added.
"It will be a terrific final at a fantastic stadium but all Chelsea's senior players such as Drogba, who has really been in excellent form, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Petr Cech all playing really well.
"And so I think they have got a great chance of winning even though they will be without key players with Terry, Ivanovic, Ramires and Meireles all being suspended.
"Okay the game is at Bayern Munich's own stadium but they also have three important players who will be missing so things even themselves out in terms of losing first-team players because [Luiz] Gustavo, [David] Alaba and [Holger] Badstuber are all very influential players.
"It will be close but I think that Chelsea could just do it because they have more resources than Bayern. They can bring Fernando Torres off the bench and have strong back-up players."
Thirty-eight-year-old Hamann, who played a key role in helping Liverpool beat AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul, insists that Bastian Schweinsteiger will have to up his game at the Allianz Arena on Saturday after a recent poor run of form.
"Schweinsteiger is a very strong player for Bayern Munich and for Germany but he has been out injured and he has not really been firing," he continued.
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