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All the sports pages in every one of the UK’s newspaper seem to be full of gossip about who it is that billionaire Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will install as his club’s next manager.Current favourite Frank Rijkaard is looking for work after leaving Barcelona and has long been linked with the Stamford Bridge hotseat.
Guus Hiddink is also prominent in the market despite signing a contract extension with Russia earlier this month. The Abramovich connection (he partly pays the Dutchman’s wages) is a clear link here and the billionaire is a known fan of the man who has guided Russia to Euro 2008.
The only short-priced Brit is Mark Hughes and the Blackburn manager has Chelsea connections from his time at the club from ’95 to ’98. However, appointing a manager without Champions League experience may be seen as too much of a risk for Abramovich.
The other reasonably priced runners are Carlo Ancelotti, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Roberto Mancini, Didier Deschamps, Luis Felipe Scolari and Jose Mourinho. Surely the manner in which the Mourinho aka “the Special One” left Chelsea last year must rule him out of contention.
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