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Chelsea & England target Guus Hiddink lined up by PSV Eindhoven to be their new manager in the summer
The Eredivisie leaders want the much-travelled Dutchman to return for a third spell, with former favourite and Barcelona midfielder Phillip Cocu groomed to be his successor
15 Feb 2012 07:40:00
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By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
“Guus will not be the next England manager but that is not because he has something already lined up,” a source told Goal.com.
“He is waiting for the right offer to come along and, after taking a break from the game, would consider another club position. But it would have to be a project of about three years, to develop something. He would be interested in hearing what PSV have to say.”
Hiddink, who has been out of professional football since parting with the Turkey national team last November, is believed to be willing to listen to offers about a return to club management and is keen on hearing officially from PSV, who he managed from 1987-90 and 2002-06.
Since leaving PSV for the second time, Hiddink's only club role has been a caretaker spell in charge of Chelsea in 2009, which he juggled with the job of Russia coach.
Although he rejected approaches from Inter and Juventus last year, Hiddink was keen to take over from Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea but Roman Abramovich did not think it was feasible for him to combine it with the Turkey job until the end of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
The 65-year-old also rejected senior executive roles at Ajax and PSV last year and, since leaving Turkey, has admitted to holding talks with moneybags Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.
But Hiddink decided not to take a job at Anzhi, who offered him the various positions of manager, technical director and consultant.
PSV currently lead the Eredivisie on goal difference but have not won the Dutch league since 2007-08, which was the culmination of five titles in six years, three of which were under Hiddink.
The club want a marquee name to take over in the summer from current manager Fred Rutten, who has been in charge for three years. In Holland, Dick Advocaat, Bert van Marwijk and Louis van Gaal have also been linked with the post.
By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
Guus Hiddink is being lined up for a sensational return to PSV Eindhoven as manager in the summer, Goal.com can reveal.
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PSV want the man who steered the club to six league titles and the 1988 European Cup trophy during two separate spells to return for a third period.
Club chiefs are considering uniting Hiddink with ex-Holland star Phillip Cocu, the current assistant manager, groomed to be his eventual successor.
Goal.com understands that Hiddink, who has held five international posts during his glittering career, does not regard himself as a candidate to replace Fabio Capello as England manager.“Guus will not be the next England manager but that is not because he has something already lined up,” a source told Goal.com.
“He is waiting for the right offer to come along and, after taking a break from the game, would consider another club position. But it would have to be a project of about three years, to develop something. He would be interested in hearing what PSV have to say.”
Hiddink, who has been out of professional football since parting with the Turkey national team last November, is believed to be willing to listen to offers about a return to club management and is keen on hearing officially from PSV, who he managed from 1987-90 and 2002-06.
Since leaving PSV for the second time, Hiddink's only club role has been a caretaker spell in charge of Chelsea in 2009, which he juggled with the job of Russia coach.
Although he rejected approaches from Inter and Juventus last year, Hiddink was keen to take over from Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea but Roman Abramovich did not think it was feasible for him to combine it with the Turkey job until the end of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
The 65-year-old also rejected senior executive roles at Ajax and PSV last year and, since leaving Turkey, has admitted to holding talks with moneybags Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.
But Hiddink decided not to take a job at Anzhi, who offered him the various positions of manager, technical director and consultant.
PSV currently lead the Eredivisie on goal difference but have not won the Dutch league since 2007-08, which was the culmination of five titles in six years, three of which were under Hiddink.
The club want a marquee name to take over in the summer from current manager Fred Rutten, who has been in charge for three years. In Holland, Dick Advocaat, Bert van Marwijk and Louis van Gaal have also been linked with the post.
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England 1-0 Belgium, Netherlands 2-0 Northern Ireland - follow all the international action LIVE! ahead of Euro 2012
With countries across the continent gearing up for their final warm-up games ahead of Euro 2012, join us for all the action from Saturday's friendlies. Get in touch with us via Twitter with your reaction.
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19:46 BST
Joe Hart has also been giving his thoughts after the Belgium game: "It was a really tough game, a good run out. I thought we played well, [but] we were a little bit bitty at times.
"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
19:38 BST
Here's Roy Hodgson's reaction to the result and some injury chat: "I'm very pleased, it's been a hard week and we've used a lot of players. There was a lot of disruption in the second-half with substitutions – some forced upon us, some we wanted to do. But it's still a very good end to the week playing against a good Belgian team here. Arguably even stronger than the Norwegian team we played last week and I've got to be more than happy that we've come out with another victory."
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
19:35 BST
And another point from today: Eden Hazard wasn't great. Don't think you can judge him on one performance though. What do you think? Is it just a case of too much hype around the Chelsea-bound Belgian?
19:32 BST
We're getting plenty of people saying it was boring. PLENTY. But Spain scored seven goals in eight games at the World Cup and I didn't hear too many of their fans complaining. Or as Fran Stinchcombe points out on Twitter: "If we had lost but played free flowing attacking football would these people still have moaned?"
19:24 BST
No, no, no. I'll have none of that Emile Heskey shouting anymore! Hello, it's me, it's me, it's that D-O-Y-L-E. Yes, I'm Joe Doyle, and I'll be here for all the reaction to that England game. First things first, how did everyone see that game? Good performance? A touch boring? Let me know on Twitter.
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