LONDON EVENING ST
AS SEEN ON
ANDARD
WORDS BY
The thought of Guus Hiddink becom
ing manager of Liverpool is even
-
more worrying for Chelsea fans than
it is for Rafa Benitez. It would be
roughly equivalent to discovering that
GUUS HIDDINK
MARK WHEELER
Bill Oddie had t
for Bernard Matthews.
aken a job working
The Dutchman is still held in the
highest regard by everyone connect
ed with the Blues — the exact oppo-
-
site of Benitez, in fact — so it came WIDE OF THE MARK
LIVERPOOL LINK IS
as a massive relief to hear Cees van
Nieuwenhuizen, Hiddink’
faster than a club director can send
distance him from the Anfield circus
s agent,
an abusive email to a supporter.
Blow me if van Nieuwenhuizen didn’t
say: “Guus doesn't want to interfere
with the current success story that
Chelsea has picked up again under
Ancelotti,” which pretty much rules
him out of t
League job for the foreseeable
aking any Premier
future. If he would consider a return
to the Premier League I think one of
the first things he would do is give a
‘I hope you don't mind if I join club
call to his friend Abramovich and say,
B, C or whatever.’” If there is anyone
A,
you don’t want to rub up the wrong
way
who can still af
, then it is a Russian oligarch
better yachts while the rest of the
ford to buy bigger and
world is in economic melt
Hiddink won’t be going to Liverpool
down, so
any time soon.
seems to have st
Meanwhile, Joe Cole’
alled, much like his
s contract talks
form since his return from injury
Despite having a couple of full
.
games lately
ed to short cameo appearances,
, Cole has been restrict-
ten minutes or so and expected to
often coming off the bench for just
turn a game in that time.
He needs more playing time to redis
cover his touch and contribute what
-
we all know he can to the team and
Getting him on a new long-term con
tract has to be a priority.
- Buck watch the the F
Guus Hiddink and Chairman Bruce
match againsnt W
A Cup 5th Round
Road on February 14 2009
atford at Vicarage
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