Russian coach Guus Hiddink is likely to manage Chelsea till the end of the season after Russian football chiefs gave him greenlight to combine the two roles on Tuesday. The Russian Football Union (RFU) confirmed in a statement that they had no objection against the Dutchman doing both jobs while Chelsea, who fired former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Monday, are hoping to finalize a deal before Saturday.

"The English side (Chelsea) has offered Hiddink to coach Chelsea until the end of this English Premiership season in May," the statement on the RFU website said.

"We are ready to agree with this proposal if coaching of the Russian national squad remains a matter of top priority for the Dutch coach."

Hiddink has revealed that his personal relationship with Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich led to his nodding for the post and he is ready for a double role which he had played years before.

"If it was any other club my answer would be a straight 'no', but Chelsea is different," the 62-year-old said at a Russian training camp in Turkey.

"I have good relations with the owner Roman Abramovich. I would like to help them if I could.

"I've already done that (combining two jobs) a couple of years ago when I was coaching Australia and PSV (Eindhoven) so I'm familiar with the situation and what it takes."

Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, reportedly paid five million dollars of his own money last year to guarantee Hiddink's salary as Russia coach.

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