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The Dutchman has been heavily linked with the vacant managerial role at Stamford Bridge, but his representative has confirmed that he has no plans to walk away from national role

By Joel Lamy

The agent of Turkey manager Guus Hiddink has said that he will not quit his job in order to take over at Chelsea.

The Dutchman has been heavily linked with the vacant managerial job at Stamford Bridge after the sacking of Carlo Ancelotti.

And the President of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), Mahmut Ozgener, the man who appointed Hiddink, said on Tuesday that he will step down from his role.

However, agent Cees van Nieuwenhuizen does not believe Hiddink will resign from the Turkey job but was unsure what would happen should Chelsea make an official approach.

Talking to Press Association Sport, Nieuwenhuizen said: “I really have no idea.

“The contract is with the Turkish Football Federation and not the individual president.

“Guus is somebody who can accept the facts of life.”

Hiddink had a spell as caretaker manager of Chelsea at the of the 2008-9 season after Phil Scolari was sacked and he led the side to an FA Cup triumph, making him a favourite with players and fans.

John Terry recently said he would be happy to see the Dutchman back at Stamford Bridge, but that would be reliant on Hiddink leaving Turkey.

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has refused to comment on whether Hiddink would be their next manager, but hopes that an appointment would be made inside the next two weeks

via Guus Hiddink’s agent insists Chelsea target will not quit Turkey – Goal.com.

By Tony Banks

CHELSEA will face a £14 million bill if they appoint Guus Hiddink as their new manager this week.

Roman Abramovich was last night embroiled in a cash row with the Turkish Football Federation. The Chelsea owner does not want to pay the £4m compensation Turkey want for releasing Guus Hiddink from the remaining year of his contract – on top of the £6m-a-year wages Chelsea intend to pay him.

Abramovich, has already had to pay out around £4m to Carlo Ancelotti, whom he sacked on the final day of the league season.

Dutchman Hiddink is Abramovich’s top target to replace Ancelotti. But if talks break down they could turn to Mark Hughes, who quit as manager of Fulham on Thursday, or even Spurs boss Harry Redknapp.

Yesterday, Chelsea sources appeared to rule out Hughes or Redknapp working under Hiddink for a year and then taking over.

Hiddink, 64, has come under savage attack in Turkey for refusing to commit to carrying on as their national team manager after the 1-1 Euro qualifying draw with Belgium on Friday.

Headlines in the Turkish press read: ‘Goodbye Hiddink’; ‘He betrayed us, who needs Hiddink’ and ‘Good riddance’.

Abramovich ideally would like Hiddink to walk out on the Turks, and his stubborn stance looks like a bargaining position to try to force down the price for the former Real Madrid manager and save him the embarrassment of having to break his contract.

Abramovich has had to shell out massive payments over the last four years to managerial staff he has sacked.

About £23.1m went to Jose Mourinho, who left in September 2007, and Avram Grant, who went in May 2008, and their staffs. Another £12.6m went on paying off Luiz Felipe Scolari [sacked in 2009] and his backroom staff.

Hughes’ agent, Kia Joorabchian, last night said the decision to quit Fulham had nothing to do with the vacancies at Chelsea and Aston Villa.

Joorabchian said: “Mark has ambitions to compete at the top level. Fulham are a great top-10, mid-table club and Mark really wants to be right up there competing in the Champions League, competing for titles.

“The timing was just an unfortunate circumstance. Mark Hughes is a sincere man.”

Ashley Cole has allayed fears he suffered a broken ankle in England’s 2-2 draw with Switzerland.

Chelsea left-back Cole hobbled away from Wembley on crutches, but an X-ray revealed there was severe bruising.

via Express.co.uk – Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Sport | Football.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey coach Guus Hiddink heightened speculation of a possible return to Premier League Chelsea when he said he would prefer the tempo of a club role to a national coaching job in an interview published on Tuesday.

Dutchman Hiddink, who had a successful five-month stint in charge of Chelsea two years ago, is one of the favourites to take over from Italian Carlo Ancelotti who was sacked this month.

Hiddink, whose Turkey side face Belgium in a crucial Euro 2012 qualifier on Friday, said he felt energetic at the age of 65 and had been very happy in the past when he coached national and club sides at the same time.

“I feel energetic, so a club role is more preferable. And that’s what I like, working every day. I feel I need to do more,” he said in an interview with the Turkish daily Haberturk.

“I’ve trained Australia and PSV at the same time, as well as Russia and Chelsea, and I was very happy. We’ll see what happens with Turkey.”

Turkey are third in Group A, one point behind Belgium and six points behind leaders Germany, and a loss on Friday would jeopardise their chances of competing at Euro 2012. Turkish media reports have said Hiddink could be sacked if the team fail to qualify for the finals.#

Hiddink said he had not received any official offers from any club sides.

“There is no official offer yet, but I can’t guarantee anything. I haven’t told the chairman (Turkish Football Federation chairman Mahmut Ozgener) what I thought yet. But he’s an intelligent man. I am sure he follows the world media,” Hiddink said.

He said his Turkey contract was valid for another year.

“I never told anybody I was going to continue working here. The team is focused on me, I would affect the team negatively if I answered the speculation,” he said.

via Hiddink says he can combine club and country | Sport | Reuters.