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Huge scoop on next manager of Chelsea soccer club

Huge scoop on next manager of Chelsea soccer club

Reuters scored a thumping exclusive on Feb 10 as Russian soccer coach Guus Hiddink told Reuters that he was being lined up as the next coach of Chelsea, one of the highest profile club jobs in the business. British soccer media speculated animatedly overnight who would get the call from Chelsea’s billionaire owner Roman Abramovich after Luiz Felipe Scolari was sacked on Monday. Reuters snap and subsequent full interview was immediately seized on by all the major sports networks and aired on prime-time Sky Sports TV and the BBC.

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