New Delhi: 'The Goose' has given a few interesting indications as to the changes he will enforce over the coming weeks.
The Times reports that Chelsea manager Guss Hiddink paired strikers Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba together for a ten-a-side game in training on.
The Frenchman and the Ivorian were rarely used alongside each other under Luiz Felipe Scolari; indeed, the Brazilian only once started them both in the same game, as he preferred a lone-striker system.
However, after watching the two rip apart Watford at the weekend during their 17-minute stint as a traditional pairing, Hiddink wanted to give them a decent run-out as he pitted the first team against the reserves.
That wasn't the only interesting selection made by the Dutch trainer, who experimented with Deco, the Portuguese attacking midfielder, in a deep-lying role.
After a blistering start to his Chelsea career, the former Barcelona star has struggled to keep with the pace of the Premier League in recent times and been restricted mostly to substitute appearances.
But the new gaffer has highlighted Deco as key if the Blues are to mount any sort of revival between now and May, and hopes the 31-year-old can complete an Andrea Pirlo-like transformation.
Hiddink's first game in charge comes at third-placed Aston Villa this weekend.
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