Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink revealed on Friday that he had been approached to manage in the Chinese Super League.
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Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson believes Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal will “park the bus” against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this weekend.
After winning the Premier League last season in style, Chelsea have not been able to replicate that kind of form this campaign, therefore, Mourinho was relieved of his duties in December a year ago and replaced by Guus Hiddink.
Rooney is looking like the player of old, scoring five goals and assisting a further two in the five Premier League games he has played in 2016.
“We are getting a bit back on track though I would like to have more victories than unbeaten draws but step by step, the team are more stable and we hope to go into a handsome spring time”.
The objectives of his mission were clearly defined from the start and for the moment he is fulfilling them, having stabilised Chelsea in the league and steered them into the FA Cup fifth round, ahead of their Champions League last 16 clash with Paris Saint-Germain. The top four is going to be a tough ask for anyone outside of those already there as Leicester are now thirteen points clear of Manchester United and Tottenham are eight clear in second.
With Oscar, Hazard and Willian though there is supreme talent in this Chelsea midifield and if they can get in space in front of Manchester United’s rearguard then this one coudl be a win for the blues.
“I had some possibilities to go there in the recent past”, said Hiddink, who did not expand on the comment. He is ambitious of course but he needs more physical fitness.
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“I am not anxious when one game (Costa) doesn’t score. The first thought must be vertical”. If things work out, the Blues get a reasonably cheap and talented forward; if it doesn’t, they can just send him back from whence he came. We had that as well, so I don’t like to go too much into other people’s kitchen.
