Club captain John Terry has called on the squad to help land Roberto Di Matteo the Chelsea job on a permanent basis by winning tomorrow’s FA Cup Final against Liverpool at Wembley Stadium.
Di Matteo has taken everything in his stride so far and has impressed everyone by guiding the Blues into both the FA Cup and Champions League finals, which has increased the calls for him to be given the job at Stamford Bridge full-time, but he refuses to comment on speculation and has even said that he’s happy to go back to being an assistant manager at the club.
If he did manage to win the FA Cup and more importantly the Champions League, which will allow the club to qualify for next season’s competition (as it seems unlikely we’ll finish in the top four) and finally bring the trophy Roman Abramovich craves to west London, it’ll definitely strengthen his bid for the manager’s job.
Asked if winning the FA Cup would boost Robbie’s chances of becoming the next permanent Chelsea manager, Terry said:
“It would do him no harm at all.
“He’s obviously done very well in the league and all competitions to get us where we are today. To win it (the cup) will put himself in a very good position.”
He added:
“He’s not thinking of that at the moment, he’s not letting the players get distracted by anything. He’s very passionate, he’s Chelsea through and through, and that’s certainly rubbed off on the players.
“So, if we can do it with the added bonus that Robbie can get the job at the end, that’d be great.”
Source: http://www.itv.com/sport/football/facup/news/terry-help-land-di-matteo-full-time-job-73460/?
