English Premier League: Chelsea’s search for Carlo Ancelotti’s replacement – Top candidates (Part 2)
Guus Hiddink
Hiddink looks to be Chelsea’s prime target to replace the outgoing Carlo Ancelotti. The Dutch national has already served some time as the Blues’ manager so he knows his way around the club. Moreover he is excellent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Friends-football-club-c39381 with
Roman Abramovich as well, something that might work in his favour if he wants to stay with the Blues for a longer period of time in comparison to some of their other managers. However, there are some barriers to Hiddink’s possible move towards http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 as their
club manager.
Firstly the former Real Madrid manager is currently under contract at the Turkish national team. Hiddink is leading the Eurasian nation through their EURO 2012 qualification matches. There is a certain scenario in which Hiddink
can possibly be incorporated into the Chelsea setup.
There are already reports that the Dutch tactician will be appointed as the club’s director of football with someone else being given the managerial job. This might make sense in the short term but obviously when Hiddink is done
with his full-time job as the Turkish national team coach, he will want to enter club football management again.
One thing that isn’t under doubt is Hiddink’s ability to lead football teams to success. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AS-Real-c38478 Madrid’s manager in the 1998-1999 season, the former PSV Eindhoven manager successfully led them to a win in the Intercontinental
cup. At Chelsea as their caretaker manager in the 2008-2009 season, Hiddink ended the season as the winner of the F.A Cup.
With South Korea in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Guus led the underdogs to a spectacular win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in the quarterfinals before ending the tournament as the 4th best team. Before that with the Dutch national team in
the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Hiddink led the “Oranje” to a fourth place finish after they lost their semi-final encounter against the mighty Brazilians. In 2008, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 to a semi-final berth at the Euros.
In club football, the ex-Dutch national team manager has won six Eredivisie titles with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven. Moreover, Hiddink has a tremendous reputation as a football manager. Schooled in Holland as a footballer as well as a manager,
he has a firm belief in offensive football, something that was showcased by the Dutch national team’s run to the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup.
However Guus’ teams are also well known to be solid defensive units. During his team with Chelsea, Hiddink almost led them to their second UEFA Champions League final in a row but the Blues lost their semi-final tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604
due to a late goal by Andres Iniesta at Stamford Bridge. Nonetheless, Hiddink remains one of the front runners for the management http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at Chelsea F.C. If he can somehow work around an agreement with the Turkish football association then the Dutchman can possibly
be Chelsea’s next manager.
In the next part of this series, we shall take a look at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rafael-c30339 Benitez’s credentials for the Chelsea F.C job.
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