/ Michael / 01 June 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Still got it. Guus Hiddink during a training session with the Turkish national side.
One Betfair next manager market was resolved on Wednesday morning as West Ham confirmed the appointment of Sam Allardyce, and the Chelsea one also looks to be moving closer to a conclusion.
Early frontrunner Guus Hiddink is once again the favourite at [2.78] and has gone out of his way to confirm that his enthusiasm for club football remains undimmed despite, having spent the majority of the last five years working as a national team coach at first Russia and now Turkey.
In his most open declaration of interest in a return to Stamford Bridge yet, he said: "I feel energetic, so a club role is more preferable - and that's what I like, working every day. I feel I need to do more.
"There is no official offer yet, but I can't guarantee anything. I haven't told the Turkish Football Federation chairman what I thought yet, but he's an intelligent man. I am sure he follows the world media. I never told anybody I was going to continue working here. The team is focused on me - I would affect the team negatively if I answered the speculation."
Attention will now turn to Turkey's Euro 2012 qualifier in Belgium on Friday night - in which they are [3.3] outsiders - as the Euro 2008 semi-finalists don't have a match for three months after that, so it would seem to be the obvious point for a decision to be made over Hiddink's future. The Dutch tactician had suggested before that he would resign if they lose the game, as such a result would do severe damage to their chances of making it to Poland and Ukraine next summer.
Hiddink's main rival to succeed Carlo Ancelotti as Blues boss is perceived to be Harry Redknapp at [4.8], even though Roman Abramovich has shown no interest in hiring an English manager in the past, let alone one whose only major silverware claimed in a 28-year coaching career is one FA Cup.
Whoever takes on the challenge is expected to face a tough task dethroning this season's Premier League champions Manchester United, as Chelsea are rated [4.1] second favourites to regain top spot in 2011-12.
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