{"id":447877,"date":"2011-06-26T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/26\/guus-hiddink-was-roman-abramovich%e2%80%99s-first-choice-for-chelsea-boss-agent\/"},"modified":"2011-06-26T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T13:05:00","slug":"guus-hiddink-was-roman-abramovichs-first-choice-for-chelsea-boss-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/26\/guus-hiddink-was-roman-abramovichs-first-choice-for-chelsea-boss-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Guus Hiddink was Roman Abramovich\u2019s first choice for Chelsea boss &#8211; agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Miles Chambers<\/h3>\n<h4>26 Jun 2011 14:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"92.8920308483\">\n<div readability=\"14.0444444444\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FA Cup: Guus Hiddink lifts the FA Cup\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/49700\/49740_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FA Cup: Guus Hiddink lifts the FA Cup<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/netherlands\/4252\/guus-hiddink\">Guus Hiddink<\/a> was the first choice of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea-news\">Chelsea<\/a> owner Roman Abramovich,\u00a0 according the coach&#8217;s agent.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Andre Villas-Boas, who won four trophies with Porto in his maiden campaign at the club last season, ultimately took over from sacked Carlo Ancelotti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hiddink, 64, managed Chelsea for the latter half of the 2008-09 season after Luiz Felipe Scolari was fired. And the Dutchman\u2019s agent claims the Portuguese 33-year old was never intending to quit his role as head coach of the Turkey national side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEvery now and then they talk, they Abramovich and Hiddink see each other, and Guus would say: &#8216;I have a contract so it&#8217;s no use considering a position for me at Chelsea.&#8217; I think Abramovich has respected that position,\u201d Van Nieuwenhuizen said in the\u00a0<em>Observer<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen he signed with Turkey he realised he would be in this position in principle through at least to the European Championship, so he&#8217;s a professional.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abramovich was not the only person after Hiddink\u2019s services \u2013 Nieuwenhuizen admitted there was interest in the Serie A too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The agent said: Inter president Massimo Moratti also mentioned last week that he wanted Guus Hiddink. And Guus has already been connected in the past a couple of times, related to big clubs, not only Chelsea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Dutch coach won the FA Cup with Chelsea and only lost one game when in charge at Stamford Bridge, a 1-0 defeat against Tottenham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hiddink has been a prolific international coach, managing the Korea, Russia and Australia national sides successfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His current stint as Turkey coach began in February 2010 and he is contracted to coach them until after Euro 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/26\/2548691\/guus-hiddink-was-roman-abramovichs-first-choice-for-chelsea-boss-\" title=\"Guus Hiddink was Roman Abramovich\u2019s first choice for Chelsea boss - agent\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guus Hiddink was Roman Abramovich\u2019s first choice for Chelsea boss &#8211; agent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Miles Chambers 26 Jun 2011 14:05:00 FA Cup: Guus Hiddink lifts the FA Cup Related Links Teams Players Guus Hiddink was the first choice of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich,\u00a0 according the coach&#8217;s agent. Andre Villas-Boas, who won four trophies with Porto in his maiden campaign at the club last season, ultimately took over from sacked Carlo Ancelotti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":438147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-447877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guus Hiddink was Roman Abramovich\u2019s first choice for Chelsea boss - agent - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/26\/guus-hiddink-was-roman-abramovichs-first-choice-for-chelsea-boss-agent\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Guus Hiddink was Roman Abramovich\u2019s first choice for Chelsea boss - agent - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Miles Chambers 26 Jun 2011 14:05:00 FA Cup: Guus Hiddink lifts the FA Cup Related Links Teams Players Guus Hiddink was the first choice of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich,\u00a0 according the coach&#039;s agent. 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