Premier League - Hiddink takes new Chelsea role

Eurosport - Sun, 31 May 16:03:00 2009

Guus Hiddink has accepted an offer to become a technical adviser with Chelsea after stepping down as manager.

Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink holds aloft the FA Cup, after his side beat Everton 2-1 at Wembley - 0

The Dutchman took the reins at Stamford Bridge in February following the dismissal of Luiz Felipe Scolari.

He helped the Blues finish third in the Premier League and advance to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where they came within moments of knocking out eventual winners Barcelona.

A number of Chelsea players pleaded with Hiddink to remain in charge beyond the end of the season but he always maintained that he would be resuming his role as full-time Russia boss.

Hiddink will now do just that after signing off as Chelsea manager with victory over Everton in the FA Cup final.

It was an emotional farewell for the 61-year-old but he has now indicated that he will continue to work with the club in a new capacity.

"I will be in continuous contact with the club. Chelsea have asked me to become technical adviser," he told the Sunday Mirror.

"You don't think I was going to turn that offer down, do you?"

PA Sport

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  1. Technical Adviser to Chelsea? What does that mean?­ Where does it leave the Manager (Head Coach)? Maybe­ Chelsea is considering me for the position of Manager,­ then Hiddink would be a fitting "Technical­ Adviser". No Manager worth his salt would (or­ should) permit that.

    From Kaybee, on Mon 1 Jun 10:31AM
  2. Why are there always people that have to ruin these­ things swearing and trying to annoy everyone, I swear­ you people look through these things only to see if you­ can piss people off for no reason other than you have a­ sad life. I support Chelsea and Hayes & Yeading FC­ and always have unlike some.

    From Sandy, on Mon 1 Jun 7:14AM
  3. YOUR ALL STUPID F&*(# SHUT THE )%$@ UP THE SEASON­ IS OVER THE RESULTS ARE IN THE PAST YOU STUPID f@%*%­ NEXT YEARS CHAMPIONS WILL BE LIVERPOOL, THEY WILL GET­ THE TREBLE SO START TREMBLING YOU STUPID *&$@# TAT­ SUPPORT ANYONE CLOSE TO MANU.
    SO THERE. F*^$& UP.

    From ELVIS P, on Mon 1 Jun 12:34AM
  4. 2 to 3 trophies atleast next season

    From chelsea, on Sun 31 May 10:32PM
  5. Crazyfool333, f** off @#$%, you are obviously one of­ those middle class bandwagoners as well. go on tell me­ the @#$% of how youve always supported them you muppet.­ CHELSEA­ BY BIRTH NOT GLORY

    From afcwasps, on Sun 31 May 8:48PM
  6. From a BOLTON fan congratulations Chelsea

    From trotter, on Sun 31 May 8:25PM
  7. oy numer 52, shut the hell up u arrogant @#$%! I agree­ that Tawwie is an idiot, but attacking everyone else is­ just sad u loser!

    Any way, yeh im glad that we've­ kept him close, he's really helped the players,­ fans and club on the whole.

    From Crazyfool333, on Sun 31 May 8:06PM
  8. fact is all you plastic mancs out there, barcelona­ never beat us over both legs they got through on away­ goals so shove that up your southern arses ( thats­ where most of you originate from). Tawwie 3 you are not­ a cfc fan with stupid statements like that, you are­ probably one of the new middle class twats that seemed­ to of suddenly joined us in the last ten years.CHELSEA­ BY BIRTH NOT GLORY.

    From afcwasps, on Sun 31 May 7:28PM
  9. bye bye potato!

    From thespecialerone, on Sun 31 May 6:52PM
  10. so who is going to be brave or stupid enough to take­ chelsea managers job with the shadow of gus hovering in­ the background???? cant they do anything without­ complications?? @#$%

    From karl.tosner, on Sun 31 May 6:43PM
  11. azizrahoz, how about you check your facts, i was­ talikng about the league!!!! Liverpool lost the games­ you mentioned in the cup. So don't jump in half wy!­ As it happens i support SAINTS, who would no doubt be­ stuffed by all of the prem. And i din't say that­ they had easy games, i used someone elses logic as they­ said that scolari had the harder games therefor,­ Hiddink would of had the easier ones. So butt out!

    From d.papas, on Sun 31 May 5:58PM
  12. to that guy who said hiddink had easy game check your­ facts! everton beat liverpool thats 1 then we beat­ liverpool in cl thats 2 and we beat arsenal by a 3 goal­ margin which you could not have even beat arsenal.

    From RAHOZ, on Sun 31 May 5:53PM
  13. You're right, but I've enjoyed every minute of­ this season. Looking forward to the next one. Btw, have­ you seen the headlines after United-Barca game? I guess­ it was the Sun with "Catalan VS Matalan" LOL.­ And There it is - on the main page - Ancelotti leaves­ Milan..

    From Charlie, on Sun 31 May 5:10PM
  14. charliefineman, Ribery is a good shout, I'm just­ gutted the season is over. Oh well, ashes and 20/20­ soon. PLus conferation cup too! PLus wimbledon LOL!­ Honestly i think that any of the big four could win it­ next year. UTD are rightly fav's do to their­ dominance on the league (3 in a row, not loads of­ points). Arsenal with a decent defender and striker,­ liverpool with a fit Gerrard Torres combo and Chelsea­ just need to keep drogba perfoming, he adds soo much to­ your game! Maybe a creative midfielder if Cole­ doen't come back fit!

    From d.papas, on Sun 31 May 4:36PM
  15. C'mon d.papas, you with me on this one? I think­ we'd beat them all lol. Don't know. Only time­ can tell what's yet to come.

    From Charlie, on Sun 31 May 4:28PM
  16. I think the fact that he couldn't even manage to­ bring Milan to this year's UEFA Cup final says it­ all. I hardly believe he could do any good for Chelsea.­ I'd rather go for Rijkaard, if I were to choose.­ Ancelotti is probably a descent man, but still..­ Ancelotti could sqeeze the last juices out of­ mid-30's, but would he do well with the youth? The­ only thing I like, is that there might be some chance­ for Ribery to join us. Yeeehahh.

    From Charlie, on Sun 31 May 4:27PM
  17. charliefineman, Yeah scolari got those games wrong, but­ just because chelsea beat all the lower teams in the­ prem under Hiddink, and were on great form beacuse of­ this, doesn't mean he would of beaten Both­ Liverpool and UTD. But hey, i'd be surprised if­ he's not back in a year to try again!

    From d.papas, on Sun 31 May 4:23PM
  18. Hot off the press Chelsea will not be buying any new­ players next season instead they will buy Refs instead­ like barcalona did .

    From cecil p, on Sun 31 May 4:23PM
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    Just in chelse are not going to buy any new players­ next season instead they are going to buy refs like­ barcalona did.

    From cecil p, on Sun 31 May 4:19PM
  20. puppet Ronnie lol. Be Champions

    From Charlie, on Sun 31 May 4:14PM
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