Liverpool vs. Chelsea: Guus Hiddink’s Key Quotes from Pre-Match Presser

Interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has downplayed claims of this being a “disaster” season for the Blues and has insisted a decision on the future of club stalwart John Terry lies with the board. 

Speaking to the media on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s trip to face Liverpool at Anfield, Hiddink appeared to suggest “football disasters” tend to be blown out of proportion, per ESPN FC’s Liam Twomey:

Hiddink on Chelsea’s season: “When you say ‘disaster’ I think of bigger things in the world, but you might call it a football disaster.”

— Liam Twomey (@liam_twomey) May 10, 2016

With just two games remaining in his Stamford Bridge tenure, the Dutchman can perhaps afford to underplay a disappointing season in west London; however, his hint at football’s concerns being exaggerated may well have some truth to it.

One major topic up for discussion was Terry’s future at the club, but Hiddink reiterated it’s not his decision whether or not the 21-year Chelsea veteran receives a new contract, per Simon Johnson of the London Evening Standard:

When I make a judgement how he plays and his fitness at his age, then he is able to continue. Where? It’s up to the club what his near future is, it is not for me to make declarations on that. Whether it’s his last game is not up to me.

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