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Goal/Joel Lamy - October 2011
Former Manchester City boss Mark Hughes admits Chelsea job desire
The Welshman is targeting a return to management in the near future and wants to stay at a single club for a long period of time after leaving Fulham at the end of last season
Mark Hughes is targeting a return to management and has admitted he would love to manage former club Chelsea in the future.
Hughes played for the Blues in a three-year spell at Stamford Bridge in the mid-1990s during an illustrious career which also saw him represent Manchester United and Barcelona.
And the former Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers boss, who left Fulham at the end of last season, said he wants to find a club where he can stay for a long period of time.
When asked whether he wanted to return to management, he told Chelsea’s official website: “Absolutely. I had my reasons for leaving my last post and I just hope that I get an opportunity then have a job where I can show a little bit of longevity because that’s what I’m looking for.”
And on managing Chelsea, he added: “It would be very nice.
“Chelsea is a club I’ve got a very special affection for. Obviously I’ve had fantastic times when I was a player and as a manager you want to test yourself at the very top.
“And if in the future if it ever became possible for me to work here I’d be absolutely delighted because it’s an outstanding club.”
Chelsea announced this week that they will be looking to buy back the freehold on the current stadium and its land.
Hughes appeared non-committal when queried whether the move was correct, but said that the club could do with having a backup plan for the future.
“Obviously, every business and every football club has to have contingency plans and they have to have an understanding of what may happen in the future," he said.
“From what I gather, that what’s been investigated and whether or not Chelsea need to have the flexibility of having the option to either move or rebuild here.”
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Chelsea want Hiddink and Hughes: Abramovich believes dream team can deliver Champions League glory
By BOB CASS and MARK RYAN
5th June 2011
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is putting together a managerial dream team of Guus Hiddink and Mark Hughes as the men who he believes can guide Chelsea to the Champions League glory he craves.
Abramovich wants 64-year-old Dutchman Hiddink and former Chelsea striker Hughes to combine as director of football and first-team coach and break Barcelona’s European dominance.
Negotiations are well advanced and despite the fact that the two men have no previous working relationship, Chelsea’s billionaire owner is confident that they will prove an instant success.
Abramovich, not content with Chelsea’s position as Premier League runners-up this season, believes his squad need fresh impetus after the departure of Double-winning manager Carlo Ancelotti, who is set to take charge at Aston Villa, and sporting director Frank Arnesen.
The Russian feels the experience and contacts of Hiddink in a more hands-on role than the consulting position he has maintained at Chelsea, where he was caretaker-manager following the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari in February 2009, would work well with the training ground and pitch-side skills of 47-year-old Hughes.
The Welshman, who quit his job at Fulham last week, will be available at the end of the month — or sooner if the club release him — while Hiddink is ready to move on from his position as Turkey coach and wants to lock horns with Premier League champions Manchester United.
Hollow applause: Roman Abramovich was there to witness Chelsea's Champions League hopes halted at Old Trafford for another season
Asked if United could be deposed by Chelsea next season, Hiddink said: ‘Yes. All teams can be beaten and no way is this going to be a one-horse race. We all saw last season’s top five or six shift and shuffle. Chelsea were on top in the beginning and came strong again towards the end.
‘Manchester United and Arsenal were both top, Manchester City came with a strong run. United finished on top but it doesn’t mean it has to be like that next season. It will be very open.’
Hiddink, who won the European Cup as PSV Eindhoven manager in 1988, feels he has one last major club position left in him.
‘I’m almost 65, almost a pensioner,’ he said.
Proven winner: After an FA Cup victory during his stint at Chelsea, Hiddink wants to take on Manchester United
He has also attracted interest from Inter Milan and was heading for Holland on Saturday after Turkey’s Euro 2012 qualifying draw with Belgium in Brussels on Friday.
But he is keen to join Chelsea, has a good relationship with Abramovich and has the approval of club captain John Terry and other senior players, who are also desperate to break their duck in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, United expect to tie up the £18million signing of Ashley Young, the Aston Villa winger who scored for England at Wembley, in the next fortnight and have all but concluded a £17m deal with Atletico Madrid for goalkeeper David de Gea.
On the move: Ashley Young (centre) is set for Old Trafford
But Sir Alex Ferguson’s £35m spending spree will not stop United pursuing key target Wesley Sneijder, Inter Milan’s £40m-rated playmaker.
But the Holland midfielder’s earnings in Italy of around £170,000-a-week after tax will be a significant hurdle.
: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1394369/Chelsea-want-Guus-Hiddink-Mark-Hughes-deliver-Champions-League-glory.html#ixzz1jF2OL4BW
Former Manchester City boss Mark Hughes admits Chelsea job desire
The Welshman is targeting a return to management in the near future and wants to stay at a single club for a long period of time after leaving Fulham at the end of last season
Mark Hughes is targeting a return to management and has admitted he would love to manage former club Chelsea in the future.
Hughes played for the Blues in a three-year spell at Stamford Bridge in the mid-1990s during an illustrious career which also saw him represent Manchester United and Barcelona.
And the former Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers boss, who left Fulham at the end of last season, said he wants to find a club where he can stay for a long period of time.
When asked whether he wanted to return to management, he told Chelsea’s official website: “Absolutely. I had my reasons for leaving my last post and I just hope that I get an opportunity then have a job where I can show a little bit of longevity because that’s what I’m looking for.”
And on managing Chelsea, he added: “It would be very nice.
“Chelsea is a club I’ve got a very special affection for. Obviously I’ve had fantastic times when I was a player and as a manager you want to test yourself at the very top.
“And if in the future if it ever became possible for me to work here I’d be absolutely delighted because it’s an outstanding club.”
Chelsea announced this week that they will be looking to buy back the freehold on the current stadium and its land.
Hughes appeared non-committal when queried whether the move was correct, but said that the club could do with having a backup plan for the future.
“Obviously, every business and every football club has to have contingency plans and they have to have an understanding of what may happen in the future," he said.
“From what I gather, that what’s been investigated and whether or not Chelsea need to have the flexibility of having the option to either move or rebuild here.”
www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2011/10/07/2700873/former-manchester-city-boss-mark-hughes-admits-chelsea-job
Chelsea want Hiddink and Hughes: Abramovich believes dream team can deliver Champions League glory
By BOB CASS and MARK RYAN
5th June 2011
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is putting together a managerial dream team of Guus Hiddink and Mark Hughes as the men who he believes can guide Chelsea to the Champions League glory he craves.
Abramovich wants 64-year-old Dutchman Hiddink and former Chelsea striker Hughes to combine as director of football and first-team coach and break Barcelona’s European dominance.
Negotiations are well advanced and despite the fact that the two men have no previous working relationship, Chelsea’s billionaire owner is confident that they will prove an instant success.
Abramovich, not content with Chelsea’s position as Premier League runners-up this season, believes his squad need fresh impetus after the departure of Double-winning manager Carlo Ancelotti, who is set to take charge at Aston Villa, and sporting director Frank Arnesen.
The Russian feels the experience and contacts of Hiddink in a more hands-on role than the consulting position he has maintained at Chelsea, where he was caretaker-manager following the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari in February 2009, would work well with the training ground and pitch-side skills of 47-year-old Hughes.
The Welshman, who quit his job at Fulham last week, will be available at the end of the month — or sooner if the club release him — while Hiddink is ready to move on from his position as Turkey coach and wants to lock horns with Premier League champions Manchester United.
Hollow applause: Roman Abramovich was there to witness Chelsea's Champions League hopes halted at Old Trafford for another season
Asked if United could be deposed by Chelsea next season, Hiddink said: ‘Yes. All teams can be beaten and no way is this going to be a one-horse race. We all saw last season’s top five or six shift and shuffle. Chelsea were on top in the beginning and came strong again towards the end.
‘Manchester United and Arsenal were both top, Manchester City came with a strong run. United finished on top but it doesn’t mean it has to be like that next season. It will be very open.’
Hiddink, who won the European Cup as PSV Eindhoven manager in 1988, feels he has one last major club position left in him.
‘I’m almost 65, almost a pensioner,’ he said.
Proven winner: After an FA Cup victory during his stint at Chelsea, Hiddink wants to take on Manchester United
He has also attracted interest from Inter Milan and was heading for Holland on Saturday after Turkey’s Euro 2012 qualifying draw with Belgium in Brussels on Friday.
But he is keen to join Chelsea, has a good relationship with Abramovich and has the approval of club captain John Terry and other senior players, who are also desperate to break their duck in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, United expect to tie up the £18million signing of Ashley Young, the Aston Villa winger who scored for England at Wembley, in the next fortnight and have all but concluded a £17m deal with Atletico Madrid for goalkeeper David de Gea.
On the move: Ashley Young (centre) is set for Old Trafford
But Sir Alex Ferguson’s £35m spending spree will not stop United pursuing key target Wesley Sneijder, Inter Milan’s £40m-rated playmaker.
But the Holland midfielder’s earnings in Italy of around £170,000-a-week after tax will be a significant hurdle.
: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1394369/Chelsea-want-Guus-Hiddink-Mark-Hughes-deliver-Champions-League-glory.html#ixzz1jF2OL4BW