But it is understood Guardiola feels that the club need 10 new players to turn Chelsea into a force again and is set to leave Bayern Munich for Manchester City instead.
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Hiddink arrives in London, confirms Chelsea talks
The Blues qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League last week, and will host Sunderland on Saturday. Meanwhile, Chelsea captain John Terry has described Mourinho’s exit after 30 months in charge as a “sad, sad day”.
Kezman, who briefly played under Mourinho during the Portuguese’s first spell in charge, said: “I am not surprised by (owner Roman) Abramovich’s decision to (get rid of) Mourinho”.
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After that latest setback Mourinho accused some of his players of “betraying my work”.
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Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has extended his gratitude to the club’s sacked manager Jose Mourinho, saying that the players will miss him.
Given his track record of success – three Premier League titles in five full seasons at Chelsea, two UEFA Champions league titles (one with FC Porto and another with Inter Milan), plus titles in Portugal, Spain and Italy – he will land in a good spot despite being the architect behind Chelsea’s remarkable unraveling which has provided jaw-dropping losses and multiple grab-the-popcorn moments during his post-game press conferences so far this season. Make no mistake about it: Chelsea Football Club, one of the biggest in the world, is one point above relegation in the English Premier League.
After the sacking Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo said: “While there’s huge sentiment for the individual who has done so much for the club, the fact of the matter is Chelsea Football Club is in trouble”.
Dutchman Guus Hiddink is the bookmakers’ favourite to take over as interim manager, having done so successfully in 2009 when Chelsea fired Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Guus Hiddink was named as Chelsea’s new manager by his former employers in Australia on Friday – before any official announcement from the Barclays Premier League club.
“This is essentially the same group of players who won the league and the League Cup last season”.
Yet the defeats have piled up, key players Diego Costa and Eden Hazard have looked distracted, Mourinho has twice fallen foul of the FA and there has been talk of dressing room unrest.
Hiddink pledged to hear Chelsea’s offer in full before deciding whether to accept the challenge, suggesting first team coach Steve Holland could take charge of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.
“You’re not a big club if you don’t have contingency plans for situations like this”, he continued. “I’m European champion, I’m not one out of the bottle, I think I’m a special one”, he said at the time.
Abramovich will no doubt avoid a backlash from the fans such is Chelsea’s reliance on his wealth and the Russian has a handy knack of making good appointments.
Mourinho presented himself as a figure transformed from the fiery character who fell out with Abramovich in 2007, but it was not long before the combativeness returned.
“I don’t believe that any player would deliberately have bad training let alone a bad game, they are all professional, top class players, so I don’t believe in that story”.
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Simeone is a more achievable target, although he will still take some convincing to leave Madrid, where he happily coaches Atletico, for a club that is very unlikely to be in the Champions League next season.
