Hiddink would consider another stint in charge of Socceroos

Post by **admin** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:21 pm

GUUS Hiddink has revealed that he is prepared to consider returning to steer Australia to the 2010 World Cup.

Hiddink's agent Cees van Nieuenhuizen last night claimed that Hiddink, currently spearheading Russia's qualification bid for Euro 2008, was so enchanted by his brief spell in charge of the national team that a reunion is a very real possibility.

Speaking from Holland, van Nieuenhuizen said: "Guus has made no secret of his desire to coach a country at South Africa 2010 and if Australia were interested then of course they would be up there amongst his options.

"He has very fond memories of his association with the Socceroos at this year's World Cup.

"He likes the players' commitment, work ethic and desire to learn, so why wouldn't he consider a return?"

With Russia grabbing the second spot in Group E with their 2-0 win in Macedonia last week to leave England floundering in third place in the qualification race, the Hiddink formula is alive and well in Moscow.

Should Russia qualify and do well at Euro 2008 he will be offered a treasure chest of roubles to stay on while South Africa have also expressed an interest in his services for 2010.

Hiddink, who turned 60 two weeks ago, has also been secretly sounded out by Chelsea tsar Roman Abramovich - heavily involved in luring him to Russia - over the possibility of succeeding Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge where it is believed failure to win either the Premiership or Champions League could precipitate his departure from the $10.5 million-a-year dream job.

FFA chief Frank Lowy wants Hiddink The Sequel to hit a stadium near you and the fact the Dutchman still maintains a close relationship with his star student Graham Arnold is also a draw card for him.

"Guus is pleased with how things are going with Arnie and the Socceroos since his departure," added van Nieuenhuizen. "He wanted Arnold to be given an opportunity and is happy Australia continue to play the way they did when he was in charge."

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:25 pm

We'll take him.

Post by **johnydep** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:14 pm

BAGGIO 15 wrote:We'll take him.

I'll second that

PunkFarker · Post by **PunkFarker** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:02 am

too old! makes big time mistakes. job in oz to ezy for him now. Oz need younger mind new strategist. he did good job but not good enough now. move on to bright future not past.

Cruyff #14 · Post by **Cruyff #14** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:19 am

R u cooked?? The should sign him up ASAP

The one and only · Post by **The one and only** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:16 am

i'd rather him then arnold punkfarker hiddink is a champion and we should strike at any chance we have of getting him to coach our country

getborn · Post by **getborn** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:00 am

keep arnie. hes a cheap version of aussie guus.

zola · Post by **zola** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:02 am

Gus is better than arnie but I still think we should keep looking.

Knight7 · Post by **Knight7** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:30 pm

How quickly they forget! Take him - actually I thought all along that they were trying to get him after his Russian gig - looks even more likely now

Kosta Utd · Post by **Kosta Utd** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:38 am

exactly right knight7, hence why they left arnie as caretaker coach

we can only look to the heavans and pray that guss comes back to us...

in guss we trust.. amen

Post by **admin** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:27 am

Funny how it has taken the mainstream media seven days to pick up this story.

It was the headline story on Soccernet this morning.

Fred Goldstone · Post by **Fred Goldstone** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:18 pm

I hope he will come back to us and be signed on a 5 year contract to oversea the re-development of our whole technical side.

ruud · Post by **ruud** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:09 pm

PunkFarker wrote:too old! makes big time mistakes. job in oz to ezy for him now. Oz need younger mind new strategist. he did good job but not good enough now. move on to bright future not past.

yea hes like 6 months older now

he mustve forgot everything

arxidi · Post by **arxidi** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:25 pm

in my humble opinion

, whoever thinks guus would not do australia good has tins in his/her head. in a matter of months, he took us to the last 16 of the world cup. the success the soccerroos had has no doubt helped in the success of the A League, and had they not qualified, i dont think teams would be attracting big crowds on a regular basis, and most definitely not be signing players such as the likes of romario