Hiddink targets Drogba for Chelsea coaching role

The atmosphere at Chelsea was toxic as another post-Jose Mourinho era began – even though the champions sauntered to a victory over Sunderland.

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois says the Blues still have what it takes to climb up the Premier League table this season. Having a popular figure like Drogba around will certainly help get the players on-side and the 37-year-old would be the ideal mentor for the club’s misfiring forwards. “It was a good performance and we needed that”, Courtois told the club’s website (www.chelseafc.com). His WhoScored rating of 8.51 was only second to Yannick Bolasie (8.71) over the weekend in the Premier League, as he turned in his best performance of the season in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Sunderland.

Hiddink’s latest firefighting role comes with Chelsea only one point above the Premier League relegation zone following an alarming slump just seven months after sweeping to the title.

“The manager is not on the pitch, it is the players, so we lose the games and the thing we can change in the future is ourselves”.

“Chelsea is one of the biggest clubs in the world but is not where it should be at the moment”, Hiddink said. I owe you a lot and we will all miss you. Then we will see. “You can see the quality is there”.

However, he made a great impression in his brief stay in London in 2009, proved popular with the Chelsea players and lost only one of his 22 games in charge.

“During his career, Jose has sometimes chosen to leave a club, but only at Chelsea has the club decided that he should leave”.

“He will not be taking a sabbatical, he isn’t exhausted, he doesn’t need it, he is very positive, and is already looking forward”, the CAA Sports statement said.

“My point would be that he’ll want to get going again sooner rather than later, and it wouldn’t surprise me if very big football clubs are interested in him”. “Players will want to impress Guus now, hopefully, that lifts everyone and we can move on”.

Terry added, “It’s down to [Hiddink] to come in and pick us up”.

“I think we all deserve to be criticised and we all have responsibility”.