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Options ... Hiddink has a fair amount to ponder at the moment. Source: AP
Chelsea could be in trouble with FIFA again, this time for trying to prise mastercoach Guus Hiddink away from coaching the Turkish national side with a year still left on his contract.
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Hiddink has been dogged by constant talk that he is set to return to the club that he led to an FA Cup in 2009, and the rumours intensified when the Blues sacked manager Carlo Ancellotti at the end of the Barclays Premier League season.
Now the Turkish FA are threatening to report Chelsea to FIFA if Hiddink breaks his contract to go to Stamford Bridge.
The Turkish FA certainly won't be going down without a fight, and are determined to force the maximum compensation from Hiddink if he does leave.
"Chelsea have a record of signing players while under contract," FA president Mahmut Ozgener said.
"If the same thing happens with Hiddink, we will make a file of the payments we made to Hiddink and we will go to FIFA."
Ozgener also claimed that Hiddink misled him earlier this month.
"After the game with Belgium [on 3 June] I went into the dressing room and asked Hiddink what he would do.
"He replied that he would go to watch the Turkey B team and then fly to South Korea for a charity match.
"Afterwards, I learned he had told the players different things.
"You cannot come to Turkey and just leave when you want," he said.
Hiddink, who did in fact go to South Korea, appears to accept there will be no amicable parting if he is to return to London, although his agent has always insisted Hiddink would not break his contract with Turkey.
While a move to Chelsea remains very much on the cards, Hiddink insisted on Sunday that he is focusing on Turkey's four remaining qualifiers for the European Championship.
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