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Hiddink happy with Chelsea morale

New Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has failed to find any divisions within the Blues squad as the critics had been suggesting. "I am not totally naive," said Hiddink, speaking to the English media for the first time this morning.

"I wanted to see whether anything which has been said about the recent past is true.

"You can see when you play games whether the players get emotional.

"You can't mask things then - you show your emotions and show whether you get at a certain player.

"But I haven't seen that. They respect each other. What I noticed is that they are a united squad.

"There are 20-plus players and I'm realistic enough to know that one to 11 will be very happy and the rest will want to play.

"But they know they are in a big club and that not everyone can play.

"I'm not fully aware of the struggles that went on before and I'm not that interested in what people assume to be struggles.

"I've noticed how people behave and how people do or don't get on with each other, but in my view that has not happened so far.

"I have watched the team from a little distance in the locker room over the last few days and I can't see any division."

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