Kenyon may be next to go...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Chelsea part-timer: Hiddink set to double up with Russia and Kenyon may be next to go
Sacked Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari will walk away with his assistants Flavio Teixeira, Darlan Schneider and Carlos Pracidelli... Kenyon to follow?
Roman Abramovich completed one of the most astonishing deals in English football history last night when he replaced his World Cup-winning manager with a coach he will share with Russia.
In a move revealed exclusively by Sportsmail and which has cast serious doubts over the future of Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon, Guus Hiddink will take over from the sacked Luiz Felipe Scolari until the end of the season while also continuing to guide the Russians to the next World Cup.
The situation is simplified by the fact that Abramovich is already helping the cash-strapped Russian Football Union pay Hiddink's 7million euro (£6.14m) salary.
But it remains no less amazing when Chelsea's Russian owner is acting against the judgment of a football administrator as experienced as Kenyon, who considered it more prudent to give Scolari the chance to revive his stuttering side.
Abramovich arrived in London on Monday with the specific intention of sacking Scolari in a secluded part of the club's Surrey training complex and spent yesterday at Stamford Bridge once again directing operations.
By lunchtime he had received permission from the Russian Football Union to speak to Hiddink and by last night the details of the deal were all but in place.
Chelsea officials remain unsure if Saturday's FA Cup tie against Watford would be Hiddink's first game in charge or the hugely important Barclays Premier League encounter at Aston Villa a week later.
This week's events will be of considerable concern to Kenyon, who has been a largely isolated figure over the last few days. Abramovich did not even wait for him to return from a holiday in Barbados before sacking Scolari, greatly contrasting with Kenyon's role as executioner in the axing of the three previous managers.
Concern: Peter Kenyon
Kenyon arrived back in London early yesterday - two days earlier than expected - to find his position as the highest-paid executive in English football a matter of huge speculation.
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mr roman is running the whole club himself now~
next thing u know... he go scout for players
LEAD BY EXAMPLE!
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
mr roman is running the whole club himself now~
next thing u know... he go scout for players
LEAD BY EXAMPLE!
yeah..
maybe too late by then..
or even RA making stupid decisions.
by then, Aston Villa n Everton would have stepped over them.
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