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| Guss Hiddink has warned his Chelsea players to perform or it will be 'goodbye' |
GUUS HIDDINK laid down the gauntlet to Chelsea's under-performing stars and told them if they do not have the desire to win, it will be "goodbye".
The Dutchman started his second spell as interim coach on Sunday after the sacking of Jose Mourinho last week.
The 69-year-old has a contract to the end of the season, and his first game in charge will be against Watford on Boxing Day.
Chelsea will go into that game lying just a point above the relegation zone, with Mourinho having accused his players of "betraying" him after his last game in charge.
And Hiddink sent out a warning to them as he said: "First of all there must be a great desire to play. I say to them, If you don't have that desire, please knock on my door and we'll talk. We'll talk briefly'.
"They must have the heart full of desire of an amateur. If they don't have that desire, then I will say, 'Thank you very much, goodbye'."
Hiddink, sacked by Holland in June after a poor start to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, insisted he still has the passion to coach.
"I spoke with the squad and, of course, we talked a bit about the past, why I'm here, the reasons why we are down," he added.
"I told them I want everyone to look in the mirror, not just for two seconds, but longer, and see what everyone can contribute from now on to raise us up.
"I don't want them to look back. I asked them to be hyper-critical of themselves and give their best for the team. They have to look forward."
Hiddink, who led Chelsea to the FA Cup and the Champions League semi-finals in his first spell at the club, losing only one game out of 22, added: "I shouldn't be here, halfway into the season. But I am. That means things are not going as well as foreseen.
"No manager can guarantee three points every week, but we have to show to ourselves, the club, the players, the fans, that the team has big desire to wash away the last half-year."
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