Guus Hiddink admits beleaguered Chelsea ‘not easy’ to fix

Their tweets, formulated into a statement, read: “We are now in contact with Didier Drogba and Chelsea FC”.

Drogba’s current contract with the Major League Soccer (MLS) side is understood to run until the end of the 2016 season, but the Blues want to acquire the forward for the second half of their league season until the end of Hiddink’s second spell in charge. Hiddink later said he hoped to get Drogba involved in some way with the team.

“I worked with him five or six years ago and I was delighted to have such a professional in the squad”, said Hiddink.

Since then, there has been mostly silence. January signing Juan Cuadrado came and went, while only Asmir Begovic has made any sort of impact from this summer’s arrivals. There can be no more Papy Djilbodjis and Michael Hectors if Chelsea are going to be taken seriously.

It has been a insane fortnight or so for the London club as beloved manager Jose Mourinho was dismissed last Thursday after Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Leicester City and was swiftly replaced by the Dutchman that Saturday.

Guus Hiddink, begins the job of rebuilding Premier League champions Chelsea’s season at home to Watford. He is a club legend, is well liked and the players could learn plenty from him. “The only thing is that in this moment he is playing in Montreal”.

Because he’s the sole homegrown player in this Chelsea side and has been for well over a decade, the club captain is perhaps seen more as an ambassador in that sense than Drogba.

The recent news from Germany of Guardiola’s decision to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season has put top clubs in Europe on alert, this development has prompted Abramovich into action.

He also said he would visit his old teammates and may even train with Chelsea to get ready for the MLS season. Karim Benzema has been one of the world’s premier forwards for some time, but he is now under investigation over an alleged blackmail on worldwide teammate Mathieu Valbuena, leading to his suspension from the France team.

“They have a profound obligation to perform”.

Slowly but surely the Chelsea we knew has been dismantled and Terry is the last remaining symbol of that.

They are aiming for a fifth consecutive Premier League win when they travel to Chelsea and centre-back Craig Cathcart reports that confidence is understandably riding high after last weekend’s 3-0 victory over Liverpool.