Hiddink happy with Russia
10 Oct 2007 - 09:10:01
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- Hiddink happy with Russia
Russia head coach Guus Hiddink has again distanced himself from talk of him leaving his current post to become the next manager of Chelsea.
Hiddink continues to be linked with the Stamford Bridge hotseat, but the Dutchman insists he has long-term plans to implement with the Russia national team.
He told The Times: "Since people continually associate me with Chelsea's owner, AS Roman Abramovich, I thought it would be a good idea to explain a little bit about our relationship.
"I have met him five times: four times in London and once at the PSV Eindhoven training complex. As for all those stories about me being a candidate for the Chelsea job, we never discussed it.
"I know that you can never say never in football, but that option would not have made sense.
"We have a project to reshape Russian football by 2014, with the 2010 World Cup as the first phase.
"Given Mr Abramovich's long-term commitment and vision, it seems very unlikely that he would try to disrupt that process."