Hiddink not drawn on Oscar transfer
What a weekend of English Premier League games is ahead.
Massimiliano Allegri, a two-time title victor in the Serie A, will succeed interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge in the summer, according to the Italian press.
Chelsea have endured one of their poorest seasons in recent years this season and face an uphill struggle to achieve a top 6 fix, now sitting in 13 place in the Premier League with 29 points from 24 games.
And with the odds stacked against the Blues being in the Champions League next season, Hiddink expects more vultures to circle.
“If a club shows you have a plan and a strong squad then it can be attractive as well”.
Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao have been ineffective this season and both are now injured, leaving Diego Costa as the Blues’ only fully fit centre forward.
Chelsea are coming off an away draw to Watford and this will not please them since these are games they should breeze through. “He is ambitious, but he needs more physical condition in this moment”.
But he said: “That is also a matter for what the club is showing in terms of philosophy, strategy and ambition”.
“Pedro did good training this morning and we will see how he reacts after an upper leg injury, but I don’t think there will be big problems”.
The last time the two teams played at the stadium, last season, Chelsea managed a 1-0 win through a goal from Eden Hazard.
Manchester United are still sweating over the fitness of Phil Jones and Bastian Schweinsteiger, though Louis Van Gaal could name an unchanged side to the team that beat Stoke 3-0 on Tuesday.
“So I believe that the pressure on spending the money will become bigger and you can not necessarily distribute the money to all the people”, Wenger added. He is a very experienced player and has gone through all kinds of things in his career in football.
If the United man establishes the beating of his marker early on it will set the tone for the game, give him even more confidence and is likely to mean that Chelsea will be in for a very long day indeed. “This will be a good game, and I fancy Chelsea to edge this one”.
“We don’t know. In this specific case, just Ramires, we can say that he had a great offer and everyone has agreed”, the Dutchman said.