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Chelsea boss Hiddink won't let down his Russian players

Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink won't skip out on his Russian national team players.

The clamour for him to stay is growing among the supporters, particularly after their win over Liverpool, but the Dutchman insists he owes it to the Russian players to finish his task with the national side.

"I have my contract with the Russian Federation and I do it wholeheartedly," said Hiddink. "We started two years ago with Russia and they are young and ambitious players.

"The moral standards in our business is sometimes going up and down but I owe it to the players to go to the end, which can be qualification or not. I am going to stick with them.

"There has been no discussions about me staying because we all knew the situation when I arrived. Nothing has changed and we don't have to talk about it."

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