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Will Hiddink suffer a conflict of interests on March 21?

Chelsea face Spurs a week before Russia’s World Cup qualifiers

Upon examining the fixture list, The Spoiler has noticed that Chelsea travel to Tottenham in the league a week before Russia’s World Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The last thing Guus Hiddink would want is for Roman Pavlyuchenko to suffer an injury before the crucial double-header so wouldn’t the Dutchman therefore be tempted to ask John Terry not to go in too hard on his star striker?

• Azerbaijan
• Chelsea
• Guus Hiddink
• John Terry
• Liechtenstein
• Premier League
• Roman Pavlyuchenko
• Russia
• Tottenham
• World Cup Qualifiers