Hiddink responds to Jiangsu Suning £75m offer for Oscar
“Of course, we are unbeaten (since I arrived), but to get into fourth place you must have your victories and we are having too many draws to get to fourth place now”.
Chelsea’s Diego Costa celebrates with John Terry after the Chelsea v Manchester United Barclays Premier League match at Stamford Bridge.
Cesar Azpilicueta believes that John Terry is as good a player as ever but admits that he is unsure over the Chelsea captain’s future.
“In a certain part of your career it might be [attractive], but I know also that there were players who say, “No, I’m not going to China” even though they were offered a huge amount of money”, Hiddink added.
“What they’ve done and given for me as a young 14 and 17-year-old boy…”
When he was asked if anything had changed from his point of view, the defender added: “Not as yet”.
Terry was in action in front of his home fans for the first time since his statement about his intended departure.
“But I think they are professional enough to do their job in the next game”.
Chelsea have insisted that the decision has not been made yet, preferring to leave that decision to whoever comes in to lead the Blues next year, but Terry doesn’t feel that’s a valuable reason and has continued to criticise the club.
“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.
Hiddink said: “He is not focusing on this issue”.
“I had some possibilities to go there in the recent past”, Hiddink told reporters without expanding any further.
Ramires was sold to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning by Chelsea last month during the January transfer window and Brazilian midfielder Alex Teixeira moved to the same club for 50 million euros (£38.5 million, $56 million) to become China’s record signing.