Is Hiddink being held hostage by his uber-powerful boss-man?
Has Abramovich given him zero choice about being Chelski boss?
I wonder...
Personally, I think it was less 'This is an opportunity you might like to consider' than 'This is an opportunity you WILL consider (and then accept).'
I mean, obviously we'll give you a skipload of cash, so you can laugh it off like that, but at the end of the day, if you'd said no it would have been the end of your Russian gig, wouldn't it?
Blue shirt; brown nose.