Chelsea‘s interim coach Guus Hiddink will not be leaving the club this summer, despite the arrival of Antonio Conte.
Hiddink
stepped into the breach to replace Jose Mourinho, who was dispatched in
December following a miserable start to the season, with Roman
Abramovich bringing the Dutch coach back to the club for a second spell.
Chelsea
may have ended the season in the top half—a decent return following
their miserable start to the season—but Hiddink was unable to bring
silverware to Stamford Bridge.
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Perhaps
he was never a genuine contender to take the top job on a permanent
basis, but Hiddink will not be leaving the club when Conte arrives, as
previously expected.
The manager told Fox Sports in the Netherlands
that he will be remaining in West London in a different capacity next
season, charged with making the most of the Blues’ extensive squad and
attempting to help the club’s young talents find a route to the first
team.
“You
often see that the young players are not always easy to link up with
the first team,” the coach told the Dutch media source, explaining why
he’s been given an advisor role at the club.
“You have to use them
through sparingly, otherwise they can end up burnt out,” he continued.
“I already did that with Bertrand Traore and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but it
needs to happen more often.”
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