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‘We want him involved’ Hiddink plans new role for returning Chelsea legend

John Terry believes Guus Hiddink can restore “a lot of passion and fire” to the Chelsea team after a dismal start to the season, but admitted that he was “gutted” about the sacking of Jose Mourinho.

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“All of us have a responsibility for what has happened and all of us are responsible for where we are in this moment”, Ivanovic added. “We have some days off scheduled now and I guess early next week we’ll start the plan for the next match”.


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Hiddink watched the Sunderland victory and took in the poisonous atmosphere from high in the stands with owner Roman Abramovich and former striker Didier Drogba, who Chelsea has not ruled out returning in a coaching capacity.


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“He will not be taking a sabbatical, he isn’t exhausted, he doesn’t need it, he is very positive, and is already looking forward”, the statement said. If it was the case where you could get rid of a lot of players I’m sure clubs would do that, but unfortunately, it does fall on the manager’s head.

He also expressed optimism that interim boss Guus Hiddink will be able to restore the players’ confidence, which remains fragile despite Saturday’s 3-1 win over Sunderland.

“We don’t play to lose but we are responsible as well, we have top players so we shouldn’t be 15th in the league”.

Mourinho and Fabregas have shared a close relationship since the 52-year-old missed his son’s final game of the season to personally convince the former Arsenal man to move to Chelsea in the summer of 2014. “Jose hopes that his future after Chelsea this time will be as successful as when he left the club in 2007”. “But rightly so they are disappointed and so are we, we don’t want to be where we are”.

The coach will be at Stamford Bridge for Saturday’s match but Steve Holland will take control of team matters for the game alongside Eddie Newton, who will now take on the role of assistant first-team coach. I think his first aim is to stabilise us, so we can play like we did against Sunderland’. I have to say I am not a big social media guy, that’s not a road I go down but clearly the fans had a view on certain things today and it is their right to do that.

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“They have got some very, very good players who can pose a lot of questions”.

Chelsea's Pedro right celebrates scoring his side's second goal with Cesc Fabregas left and Oscar during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London on Saturday