Abramovich is acting quickly and looks to be bringing back an old boy back in the mix to clean up the Mourinho "mess". Elder Guus, who worked his magic for South Korea, was behind that 1998 Dutch World Cup team and almost lead Chelsea to the Champions League final after their controversial semi, seems to be the man for the job.
All good, right? Chelsea will start winning, Hazard will remember how to score, and Chelsea will be champions in no time.
Easy there...
Hiddink is a very good coach and his CV proves that. His work in the nineties and early 00's put him as one of the most sought after coaches in the world. When he was at Chelsea, he was also did a damn good job. Anyone that saw that semi-final against Barcelona knew the Blues got robbed. And if they had made their way to the final to face United, they had really good chance of winning.
That's the good.
Nobody stays the same forever, and people can lose their touch or the game can evolve past them. This is football, and some people can ride the wave whilst others sinks beneath its weight. Hiddink's last stint as the manager of Holland laid the foundation of them failing to qualify for the Euros. That is the last thing that we know Guus for.
Doesn't mean that he will fail at Chelsea, as international football is different from the club game and the talent in the Dutch team is going through a serios downer, as they need to rebuild their entire structure. But questions have been raised whether Hiddink is a manager of an earlier time when football was different. Since last he took over Chelsea, football has changed and the tactics have evolved. The Premiership is as fierce as it's ever been and the very fact that City and Arsenal can get beat by most teams shows that the air of being invincible no longer applies for the Premiership in 2015/16.
If I was Abramovich, and guys like Simeone or Allegri are not available at any price, then Hiddink is a good interim manager to had. A big plus is him knowing the club and the atmosphere. The challenge is simply trying to galvanize the team and get them playing with a bit of confidence and swagger. I don't know if he can do it, but as I said previously, Chelsea needed to get someone who was the complete opposite of Mourinho and Hiddink is in stark contract to Mourinho's philosophy.
Let's just not assume that this is a match made in heaven.
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