http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo, after the Swiss born Italian took over from Andre Villas Boas in March.
The former Chelsea defender, who played for the Blues from 1998 to 2004, urged the club to hire Di Matteo on a permanent basis.
"Mr Abramovich will do whatever he wants but I would really love to see Di Matteo keep the post"
The former Chelsea assistant manager took over the reins of the club after the Blues owner, Roman Abramovich dismissed Villas Boas following Chelsea’s abject capitulation in the league.
Desailly praised Di Matteo’s role of getting the Blues current season back on track after the Stamford Bridge side plummeted to the fifth place in the Premier League. So far, under his management, Chelsea have played seven matches and have won on five occasions.
His lone loss during this time came against Manchester City in the Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium. He guided Chelsea to the quarterfinal of the Champions League and helped the Blues secure a place in the last four of the FA Cup.
On Wednesday, his side also went on to beat Benfica in the away leg of their Champions league quarterfinal tie.
The Italian has been appointed as the caretaker manager till the end of the season. Although a number of names have come forward as possible candidates for a full time management http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, Desailly believes that Di Matteo remains the best option for Chelsea.
"I really think that they should give him a chance and I hope he [Abramovich] will keep Di Matteo. As the manager, yes. You just have to cover yourself a bit in the future in case you want to get rid of him.” He added.
The former Chelsea man also highlighted that the Italian enjoyed good relations with some of the senior players in his side, unlike his Portuguese predecessor. Villas Boas is known to have had soar relations with some of the players, most notably the Blues
midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097. He pointed out that the renewed belief and confidence was evident from the player’s performance against Benfica.
"You can see the commitment of [Didier] Drogba, [Frank] Lampard and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895. It is because of Di Matteo.”
“The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 and Benfica games have shown that there is a spirit and something special."
The Frenchman also claimed that too many changes in the team management can have an adverse effect on the club. He went on to say that Di Matteo has been around for quite some time and the players have already started to rally behind him.
On Villas Boas, Desailly said that the manager was unable to attune himself with club’s playing style and thought that the Portuguese can develop further at another club.
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