Chelsea

Rene Meulensteen: 'Guus Hiddink will do well for Chelsea'

By Barney Corkhill, Editor | 18 December 2015

Former Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen backs Guus Hiddink to succeed at Chelsea should he take over on an interim basis following the departure of Jose Mourinho.

Former Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen has backed Guus Hiddink to turn things around should he take over at Chelsea.

Hiddink is in talks to be brought in on an interim basis for a second stint at Stamford Bridge following the departure of Jose Mourinho yesterday.

Chelsea currently sit just a point above the relegation zone after 16 games of the season, but Meulensteen, who worked with Hiddink at Anzhi Makhachkala, believes that he is the right man to salvage something from their campaign.

"Guus has always been a modern-thinking coach but at the end of the day you still deal with humans and that is one of his biggest assets - he gets the noses of everyone in the room pointing in the same direction," Meulensteen told BBC Radio 5 live.

"It was a short-lived period with him at Anzhi but it was time well spent. I am sure he will do well for Chelsea because he will be a safe pair of hands."

Hiddink, who guided Chelsea to FA Cup success in a previous interim stint in 2009, is expected to take over until the end of the season.