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"My version of events" very interested to read what he has to say about his last few months at Liverpool

Guus Hiddink is expected to be used as an occasional advisor to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after losing his job on Tuesday as the manager of Turkey. The former Chelsea manager remains good friends with Abramovich and, while the Dutchman’s sudden availability will intensify outside scrutiny on manager Andre Villas-Boas, there are no plans for him to take on a formal position at the club. Instead, according to sources, Hiddink is likely to continue advising Abramovich on an informal and ad-hoc basis. Hiddink, as ever, is keeping his options wide open and intends to take a period of time away from football before deciding his next move. Chelsea see no reason to make any public comment on the situation and, while nothing can be ruled out in the longer term, Abramovich is understood to be happy with the new managerial structure. Michael Emenalo was appointed in July as technical director, with a particular focus on player recruitment and the academy. Hiddink, who guided Chelsea to victory in the 2008 FA Cup, on Tuesday indicated that he is not necessarily interested in a return to management and may prefer to work more permanently as an advisor. “It was great at Chelsea, a terrific time, but that doesn’t mean I am ready to start tomorrow,” 65-year-old Hiddink said. “I need some time to reflect. Even at my age, I need to decide what my future may be. I’m not ready to retire, I like to be involved with a team on a daily basis, but maybe I am ready to step out of the limelight a little bit, away from the cameras. Hopefully I will still be involved but perhaps it will be as an advisor or a consultant.” Chelsea are adamant that Villas-Boas was their first choice to succeed Carlo Ancelotti as manager during the summer and that they did not approach Hiddink about the job. Hiddink was widely regarded as the natural choice, but Chelsea quickly became convinced that Villas-Boas was the outstanding long-term option. Chelsea have won eight major trophies but also had seven managers since Abramovich bought the club in 2003 and there was a sense that Villas-Boas has the energy to really build a long-term legacy. Aside from his successful three-month spell at Chelsea in 2009, Hiddink has not managed in club football since leaving PSV Eindhoven in 2006. Hiddink’s agent Cees van Nieuwenhuizen suggested that his client was unavailable after Ancelotti departed due to his commitments with Turkey but a senior Chelsea official said he was never approached. “Roman has immense respect for Guus and highly values his opinion, but he did not have any communication with Guus about the job,” the Chelsea source said. Villas-Boas has had a mixed start as Chelsea manager. They sit top of their Champions League group but are fourth in the Premier League and nine points adrift of leaders Manchester City. Hiddink’s departure from the Turkey job was confirmed on Tuesday following their exit from Euro 2012 in a play-off defeat against Croatia. The Dutchman, who has also managed Holland, South Korea, Australia and Russia at international level, took charge of Turkey in August last year and flew back to Holland on Tuesday to assess his options. Sources close to Hiddink have confirmed that he has been approached about taking a job at an unnamed Premier League club. Hiddink said that he no regrets about his work with Turkey, who succumbed to a 3-0 aggregate defeat against Croatia. “When I took the job we had objectives in mind,” he said. “One of the most important was to get the age of the national team down. I’ve brought players through and while we also hoped to qualify for the European Championship, we finished second in the group. “I don’t feel as though it is a failure, you have to be realistic. Turkey have some good young players and they will be stronger for this experience.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/8895065/Guus-Hiddink-expected-to-be-used-as-an-occasional-consultant-by-Chelsea-owner-Roman-Abramovich.html

I do hope Meireles starts. Their midfield is utter shite and if we play a 3 of Lamps, Raul and Ramires, we'll overrun them

Agree, think he will interfere with AVB and AVB has made it clear to the board that he wants to do things his way (until Roman lets him stay, of course ) Every time we get a bad result or bad "moment" the media (and some of our fans) will go crazy with the AVB OUT GUUS IN campaigns So, no thank you.

Completely agree, but I guess it's there to make them happy as they have an easier chance of making it through to the knockout rounds

Still has to accept/deny the charge and according to the liverpool website he's gonna deny it

Didn't really know where to post this but that cunt Suarez has been charged by the FA

Oh damn I didn't even take into account that their LB is Enrique. He's class imo. Johnson is quick but he's brainless and a good winger would destroy him. I see what you're saying and agree with it, but like you said, Danny isn't ready. He's still selfish - he should be as he's originally a striker - and doesn't have the abilities to pass to teammates because that has never been his role. If he had had more experience, Torres would have had a tap in against Arsenal but Sturridge could not make the pass quick enough because he isn't used to the role yet. I wasn't saying that Anelka is the answer to our problems, but he provides more to the team than Sturridge. And yeah, I think Danny would be really good coming off the bench.

I do realize that Anelka is a very poor starter but he has the eye for a pass that Torres loves - as shown by the pass in the Utd game which led to Torres' goal. Sturridge is still learning and it would be a bigger risk to start him on the wing on Sunday IMO because he's been quite bad as a team player

Hosts are always in the first pot

Ugh we have to win this. I don't think I can survive if Queen Kenny and those scouse cunts get the win again

^ exactly. I can understand if Zamora had been taken 3 or 4 years ago but what's the point now??? And he isn't even as good as he used to be (which isn't saying much ) Just ridiculous by Capello.

He has denied the FA charge: The club has today (Tuesday) released the following statement. With regards to the FA charge against Andre Villas-Boas for remarks he made after the QPR game, the manager is denying the charge against him and has submitted his response to the Football Association. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2516873,00.html Think he'll get a touchline ban now. I support his decision because he did nothing wrong and our players didn't either. The FA are just being a bunch of muppets as usual.

Sigh....

Capello has now said that he'll start on the bench

25m is way too much for him. He's a headless chicken most of the time. I'd only consider getting him for 15m or so. Anyway, no chance that Arsenal would sell to us. And he seems happy there.

what was the name of the forum that some of us were on before it merged with Jim's forum? Was it called TalkChelsea as well? I was part of that whole thing but was really young at that time and can't quite remember the name. Remember the likes of FB, Esk, Stamford, Lampard's Bitch, Yougs and so on from those days though

Fully deserved. Congrats Kez :yes:

Congrats to Tomo! And to the others that were nominated as well

Wonderful news. I think he should definitely be our no.2 or no.3 when Frank and JT retire. I was very disappointed when Malouda was the captain against Everton

Yeh I still have those magazine scans with him, Bridgey, SWP and Joey all there

Excellent post Tomo. People going on and on about him and the high line etc - well clearly he's going to make some mistakes. He's only been a manager for 2 years FFS!! Lets give him time to sort out whatever problems he encounters instead of jumping on his back every time something goes wrong. After the first 3 dire games against West Brom, Norwich & Stoke, everyone was on his back about the boring football. "Where's the exciting football he promised?!" and so on. Look at how much better we are now. Passing is better, movement is better. It can't happen overnight. Our squad is old. It will take time for him to rebuild and have proper players for each position to play the way he wants them to play. Anyway, I'm very pleased with the signs he's shown so far. Onwards and upwards!

"I love this silence!!" hahaha! Love it!

Got the impression that he's a left-sided attacking midfielder that cuts in. Perhaps a bit like Mata? I've only seen one or two of his videos though. Tbh he hasn't played much club football at all so I'm a bit wary. The footballing talent that he has is probably present in a lot of kids in Brazil. Whether he makes the step up... we'll have to see. I wasn't that impressed in the videos that I saw I must admit...

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