As Chelsea picked up the most bittersweet three points in their recent history against Sunderland last Saturday, the bemused and belligerent Stamford Bridge support made no secret of which side they are on.
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Veteran Dutch coach Hiddink has been brought in to oversee a salvage job at Stamford Bridge after this season’s wretched Premier League title defence under Jose Mourinho saw the Portuguese pay with his job.
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Since then, he has been in charge of Turkey and Holland for a second time, until he was sacked in the summer.
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“If you look at his record over the years, it’s an awesome record that he’s done in various clubs”, Hiddink said.
With Chelsea looking certain to have surrendered the title they won last season in such impressive style, Hoddle has tipped Arsenal as the current favourites to lift the trophy in what is proving to be a hugely unpredictable campaign.
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“So we will be going there expecting an extremely tough game, but we’re confident we can pick up a result and hopefully that’s what we’ll do”.
The experienced Dutchman has a reputation as a popular boss among the players, but warned he will get tough and deliver some home truths if that is what it takes.
HIDDINK’S FIRST CHELSEA XI in 1-0 win at Aston Villa on February 21, 2009: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Paulo Ferreira, Alex, John Terry, Michael Ballack, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard, Salomon Kalou, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba. I must feel inside my heart that I’m passionate to work with the guys.
“It is a different group of players [to when I was last at Chelsea]”, Hiddink said. “I don’t wear a watch but it still has a very prominent place in my house in Amsterdam”, he said.
“He is a legend, both in and (outside) of the club”, he added. The only thing is, at this moment, he is playing in Montreal. They told me yesterday we’d had a nice breakfast but we couldn’t agree who would pay! “I have to make my own decisions”.
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“It’s obviously hard to get an interim coach with a big name, Hiddink has proven himself over the years but of course the critical note is he’s had to leave the Dutch national team because they underperformed”.
