Chelsea turn attention to Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps has emerged as a shock contender to be the next Chelsea manager.
The current France coach will lead the host nation into this summer’s Euros but his contract expires after the tournament.
Blues owner Roman Abramovich is determined to appoint a new boss who can offer a long-term strategy.
The Russian billionaire has been forced to bring in short-term replacements like Guus Hiddink, Rafa Benitez and Avram Grant in recent seasons.
Abramovich wants no more quick-fix solutions and is consulting his trusted advisor Marina Granovskaia and technical director Michael Emenalo to find the right man.
Deschamps, 47, is under consideration and has been joined on the short-list by Mark Hughes.
Deschamps, who speaks good English, played for Chelsea for one season up to 2000.
He had an illustrious playing career as part of the France team that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
But it is his impact as a coach that makes him more attractive.
He guided Monaco to the French title in his first season as boss. He won promotion in his first season with Juventus in the wake of the match-fixing scandal.
Then, in his most successful reign, he led Marseille to instant success and by winning the title in 2010.
Hughes, 52, is another Chelsea old boy. He has transformed Stoke since his arrival at the Britannia. He has changed the club’s philosophy to become a passing team with more creative players like Xherdan Shaqiri, Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic.
He also had successful spells in management at Blackburn and Fulham and was on the Chelsea radar before he took over at Manchester City where he signed, among others, Vincent Kompany.
He also took Wales to a play-off for the 2004 European Championships where they lost in controversial fashion to Russia.
As a player he won Premier League titles with Manchester United as well as the FA Cup in a spell with Chelsea.

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