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Guus Hiddink will not renew Russian contract
Guus Hiddink has announced he will leave his
post as Russia coach when his contract expires in the summer.
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Calling it a day: Guus Hiddink will not be
renewing his contract with Russia Photo: EPA
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The 63-year-old Dutchman, who has been linked with a number
of club and national team jobs in recent months, has been at the helm
of the Russia team since 2006.
Hiddink steered them to the Euro 2008 semi-finals, having beaten England
to a place in the tournament, but Russia then failed to qualify for this
summer's World Cup.
The former South Korea and Australia manager confirmed today
that, following a meeting with new Russian federation president Sergei
Fursenko, they had decided to part ways.
"After a very pleasant conversation with the new federal president
it was decided that after my contract expires on June 30 we will part
ways," Hiddink wrote in his column in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
"We decided this now in order to give the federation sufficient time
to find a successor."
Hiddink, who managed Chelsea for a spell last season, was linked in newspaper
reports with Juventus and Liverpool last month while Nigeria, China and
Turkey are also said to have made enquiries.
Telegraph.co.uk,
13 Feb 2010
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