
Chelsea interim
manager Guus
Hiddink revealed on
Friday that he had
been approached to
manage in the Chinese Super
League. Hiddink returned to
Stamford Bridge for
his second spell as
Chelsea caretaker in December
following Jose Mourinho's sacking, but
the veteran Dutch coach was also offered the chance of taking a job with
a team in the cash-rich Chinese
league. "I had some possibilities to go there in
the recent past," Hiddink told reporters
without expanding any further. Jiangsu Suning are managed by
former Chelsea defender Dan
Petrescu, while Sven Goran Eriksson
and Luis Felipe Scolari are also
bosses in China. 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
to become China's record signing. China's spending in its current transfer
period, which closes on February 26,
to €258.9 million and Hiddink knows
that makes the country an attractive
option for many. However, the former South Korea
coach insists the Premier League,
which has a global appeal and will
soon have a further influx of cash from
the new broadcast coverage deal,
remains one of the sport's top financial superpowers. "Of course when you travel around the
world, the Premier League is so
attractive, attracting a lot of people,"
Hiddink said. "In the biggest cities to the smallest
villages, wherever in the world there is
a satellite showing Premier League. "(And) clubs in England cannot
complain about having no income in
the near future."