Interim manager insists his players are unfazed by regular visits to Cobham by club owner Abramovich
Guus Hiddink, the Chelsea interim manager, has insisted that his players are unfazed by regular visits to Cobham by Roman Abramovich, the club’s owner, to watch training.
Abramovich addressed the first team a day after sacking Jose Mourinho last month and Hiddink revealed that the Russian billionaire had been a spectator at training on “several” occasions in the past few weeks.
However, Hiddink has embraced his boss’s desire to keep a close watch on first-team affairs and believes that his players are not feeling any extra pressure by his presence.
“It’s rather natural but that doesn’t mean every now and then you have to make big decisions,” Hiddink said. “I like them [the owners] to feel welcome not just in the official receptions before and after games.
“Roman was here the previous week several times. We organised an under-21s game against QPR and I asked him to come. They have started to love football years ago and it’s important to be part of it. Normally when big bosses come to the training ground then there’s always a bad message. They go to punish and whatsoever.
Culled from telegraph.co.uk
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