Australians claim Guus Hiddink is Chelsea’s new manager

“I want to get some good insight before I make my decision”, he said.

Former Holland boss Hiddink told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf he was in London on Friday to discuss a short-term role with Chelsea, following Mourinho’s departure.

Simeone’s achievements with Atletico speak for themselves, taking them to a league win, and beating the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid, in what has historically been a two horse race. How did Jose Mourinho blow it so spectacularly in the Blues’ dressing room?

Then, when he was hired after the dismissal of Luiz Felipe Scolari, he took over a battle-hardened team and steered Chelsea to FA Cup glory, while also reaching the Champions League semi-finals during his three months in charge.

Since leaving Chelsea at the end of the 2008-09 season, Hiddink has endured mixed fortunes.

News of Guus Hiddink’s appointment as Chelsea caretaker coach was revealed to the world by none other than Football Federation Australia.

Mourinho was sacked on Thursday following a awful run of results in the Premier League. In modern day football, it is the hardest time to manage.

Presumably, Chelsea is waiting to hire a permanent manager so it can fully gauge the interest of candidates like Guardiola who aren’t available at the current moment in time.

Thursday’s exit came amid rumors of arguments with players and staff, perhaps all of it hastened by an early-season decision to publicly criticize club doctor Eva Carneiro for treating an injured player during a match.

This year, it’s been a much different story for Mourinho and Chelsea.

Over his two tenures at Chelsea, Mourinho won seven trophies.

Chelsea’s struggles this season are in stark contrast to last term, when Mourinho’s men lost just three games on their way to the championship. “A great character, a great personality, and he is a big loss to the Premier League”.

One can only surmise that this is the way Abramovich and the Chelsea board like it, because otherwise it would suggest that they’ve had a problem for the last twelve years that they simply don’t know how to fix.

There has been no official word on a replacement for Mourinho.

That achievement would be a good omen for the rest of their campaign, with five of the past six teams that led the way at Christmas going on to win the title. In the Champions League, however, he never got past the semifinals.

“It is incredible that this team were champions last season and are now fighting for dear life in the Premier League”.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is playing a very risky game in his managerial search.