Guus Hiddink refuses to be drawn on links with Chelsea

Guus Hiddink refuses to be drawn on links with Chelsea

* guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 May 2011 09.39 BST

Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink has admitted he misses the day-to-day nature of club management, but is refusing to be drawn on speculation linking him with a return to Chelsea.

The veteran coach, who had a successful five-months in charge of Chelsea two years ago, has been acting as an advisor to the club’s owner, Roman Abramovich, ever since, while also coaching the Turkish national side.

He was installed as one of the favourites to replace Carlo Ancelotti following the Italian’s sacking but, while he says he misses the club environment, he is not focussing on anything other than Turkey’s match with Belgium.

“I have in my career very few games. I want to do more with the players on a daily basis but that is impossible because I am national team manager.

“But I am not going into the speculation as I have to prepare the team and to make sure that no one can blame me afterwards saying I was concentrating on other things. I am not going into speculation, I am fully concentrated. I demand full commitment from myself so I will not go into speculation.

“I am being forced by circumstances to go into a tunnel and exclude a little bit the outside world. I have heard a lot of rumours and speculation.

“I have told the players they must focus on Belgium and the same goes for me. I am fully focused on getting the team ready for next Friday.”

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