Guus Hiddink says he cannot contemplate skipping out on his Russian contract in order to stay with Chelsea.

The Blues boss explained: "You can always talk about contracts, but on top of that I think there is also something else which is also the connection and relationship with the players.

"We started two years ago with improving the organization around the team. I started pushing and challenged the new players coming into this squad of Russian players and the players responded.

"I think it is not fair from my side to say 'Hey guys now we are coming to the end of the qualification,' which is in September or October and the playoff maybe in November, from my side to say 'I quit and the last two or three months you do it yourself'

"We started the project with them and the players responded so that is also besides the contractual situation."