Guus Hiddink had Chinese Super League management offers

Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has revealed he was approached to manage in the lucrative Chinese Super League.

The 69-year-old Dutchman was installed as Chelsea caretaker boss in December after Jose Mourinho’s departure, but says he had chances to manage in China. “I had some possibilities to go there in the recent past,” said Hiddink, who is so far unbeaten in his second spell as interim boss at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea sold Ramires to Jiangsu Suning last month for a reported £25m.

The Chinese team are managed by former Chelsea defender Dan Petrescu, while former England coach Sven Goran Eriksson and ex-Brazil coach Luis Felipe Scolari are also club bosses in China. Colombia striker Jackson Martinez joined Guangzhou Evergrande from Atletico Madrid for £31m the following week. And the Chinese transfer record was broken for the third time in 10 days when Brazil midfielder Alex Teixeira, who had been a target for Liverpool, opted tojoin Jiangsu Suning for £38.4m. (BBC News, 2016)