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Hiddink speaks his heart out, says no chance of job share
“Regarding your question that I could do another job with another club together with the federation, there is no way to do so.”
Hiddink spent a short spell in charge of Chelsea in 2009 but always stressed that his involvement with the English Premier League club would only be brief because of his full-time commitment to the Russian Federation.
The Dutchman said Turkey’s future was bright even though they failed to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa which starts in June.
“I think the future of Turkish football will be very healthy,” said Hiddink before adding his first task was to qualify for Euro 2012.
Russia failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup under Hiddink and his last game in charge was a 1-1 friendly draw in Hungary earlier this month.
Turkish Soccer Federation (TFF) President Mahmut Özgener said the Dutchman was the right man for the job.
Confidence sky high
“We will work for stable success in the new period, hand in hand with the new technical director [coach]. Our confidence in him is endless,” said Özgener.
“Our restructuring process has been completed. The people who we believe can best realize this new model are now in place.”
Turkey’s performances have been varied in recent years. The Turks reached the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2008 but also failed to qualify for finals in 2004, 2006 and again this year.
Hiddink is one of the most respected coaches in world soccer. He led Russia to the semifinals at Euro 2008 and took Netherlands to the World Cup semifinals in 1998 before repeating the feat with co-host South Korea in 2002.
Hiddink also helped an unfancied Australia to reach the knockout stage in 2006 and had a brief spell in Turkey in 1990 coaching Fenerbahçe.
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