EPL Gossip Wednesday February 11th
Guus Hiddink could earn up to £2.5m for a four-month stint as Chelsea’s caretaker manager. (Various)
Other estimates suggest the Dutchman could pocket as much as £4m and he is expected to fly to England on Saturday to watch his new team in their FA Cup tie at Watford. (Daily Express)
Hiddink has agreed to manage Chelsea and Russia until the end of the season following Luiz Felipe Scolari’s dismissal as Blues boss. (Various)
Hiddink is just about the best Chelsea could do as a short term replacement. Long term however, here we have Hiddink who has bounced around from team to team pretty much his entire coaching career and renowned as an excellent national team coach. Hmmm where have I heard that one before?
Blues chief executive Peter Kenyon could be the next man to leave Stamford Bridge after he expressed a desire to see Scolari given more time. (Daily Mail)
Don’t think many Manchester United fans would be sad to see Peter Kenyon go, who in his defense has down a pretty good job at Chelsea.
Senior Chelsea players, including goalkeeper Petr Cech, midfielder Michael Ballack and striker Didier Drogba, met Abramovich before the 0-0 draw with Hull as the owner prepared to sack his club’s manager. (Daily Star)
Doesn’t shock me at all to see hear about players who wanted Scolari gone. In fact I’m shocked its only been three players thus far.
Pompey’s former technical director Avram Grant is set to be named the club’s new manager – unless Eriksson is sacked by Mexico this week. (Daily Star)
I’d be shocked if Grant would be foolish enough to coach Portsmouth. His hands will largely be tied once any club comes along with enough cash for his players.
Manchester City fear they will lose striker Daniel Sturridge at the end of the season because of the 19-year-old’s huge wage demands. (Daily Mirror)
When you play for a team who is willing to pay 100 million for a player it’s only natural you are going to ask for the moon come contact time. Besides if Manchester City doesn’t give Sturridge what he wants another club will come close enough to convince Sturridge to jump ship.
Joe Kinnear’s future as Newcastle manager is in doubt after doctors told him he needs an emergency heart bypass operation. (The Sun)
Sadly news to hear if Kinnear has to step down. His Joe Pesci type rant his first day on the job was one of my highlights this season.