Abramovich Is Willing To Wait For Guardiola

Chelsea’s search for a full-time manager continues, and according to the latest rumours the one Abramovich wants most is former Barcelona boss Josep Guardiola.

Today’s Mirror Football claim that a source close to Chelsea has stated that Abramovich is even willing to wait one year for Guardiola if that’s what it will take to bring the Spaniard to the club.

Guardiola declared that he wants to take a break from managing after a very consuming time at Barcelona, and that few can tempt him to get back into action before taking that break. The source seems to think that Di Matteo or Redknapp would be good partial replacements, and that the both of them would love spending a year coaching the Stamford Bridge side.

“Abramovich is willing to have ¬Guardiola parked for a year if it means getting him. He will play the long game if he has to. Di Matteo and Harry Redknapp are options for one year.”

Guardiola is the most wanted coach of the moment after leaving Barcelona following the immense success he managed to have with the Catalan side, turning it from a (very) good team into the best Europe has potentially ever seen.