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LONDON - Chelsea interim manager Roberto Di Matteo is under"serious consideration" to be appointed on a permanent basisfollowing the Blues' Champions League triumph, senior clubofficials said Sunday. As the dust began to settle on Chelsea's victory over BayernMunich, attention turned to the issue of Di Matteo's long-termfuture at Stamford Bridge following three remarkable months incharge. The 41-year-old Italian took over after the dismissal of AndreVillas-Boas in March and has steered the London club to FA Cup andChampions League victories. Chelsea officials have so far refused to elaborate on Di Matteo'slong-term future amid mounting calls for him to be appointedpermanently. However chairman Bruce Buck told Sky Sports Television on Sundaythat Matteo would discover his fate "sooner rather than later" asChelsea begin what is expected to be an extensive summer rebuildingprocess. "He's done an amazing job, Robbie, he's enabled the players to getback the confidence they used to have and he's really got theplayers performing," Buck said. "We've put (managerial speculation) aside for the last six or eightweeks, concentrating on Barcelona, the FA Cup and Bayern Munich,but I think now we have to sit down and figure that out. "Roberto is certainly in the mix, he's done a great job and has tohave serious consideration," Buck said. The Chelsea chairman added that the club wanted a new manager inplace before entering the summer transfer market. "We really need to get the new manager on board before we can starttalking about (signing) players," he said. Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay praised Di Matteo formasterminding a "phenomenal turnaround" in the club's season. "It's been an incredible few months and a great ending last nightwith winning the trophy," Gourlay told Sky Sports. "It's been an up-and-down season. We started reasonably well but wehad a bad period around November, December, January. "The performances and results weren't there so we had to make thechange, we brought Robbie in as interim manager until the end ofthe season and we've seen a phenomenal change and a run of resultswhich finished last night with winning the Champions League. "There's a number of things we've got to look at and we'll reviewwhere we are and take it from there, but it's a phenomenalturnaround really." Meanwhile Buck said Chelsea would hold talks with Didier Drogba'sagent this week about possibly extending the Ivorian's stay atStamford Bridge. Drogba, who scored Chelsea's equaliser to set up extra-time beforeslotting the winning penalty, is out of contract with the club. "Didier is a big-match player and he did it once again," Buck toldSky. "I think (Chelsea chief executive) Ron Gourlay is going to sitdown with his agent this week and we'll see where it goes. "We have to do what's best for Chelsea Football Club and Didier hasto do what's best for him, we'll just see how the discussions go.". I am an expert from nonwovenfabric-bags.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Shopping Trolley Bag Manufacturer , Non Woven Fabric Bags, PP Non Woven Bags,and more.
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