Zorc also noted the instability at Chelsea. "I hope not to be in this situation at any time because it means you have made many wrong decisions in this period," he told the Evening Standard. "I think you can only have success on a long-term basis if you don't have this important position changed like you do when you change your shirts."
Chelsea are understood to have taken soundings about Klopp's availability and whether he would want to be seriously considered as a successor to their interim manager Rafael Benítez. With Guardiola having rejected their advances, Chelsea's latest managerial search has already become restricted. David Moyes, the Everton manager, has become a leading candidate, as has Manuel Pellegrini, the coach of Malaga.
Jose Mourinho, the former Chelsea manager, remains an option although there is a growing sense that he is lobbying to become the next coach of Paris St-Germain should Carlo Ancelotti be removed from his post.
Ancelotti admitted that his future would depend upon results between now and the end of the season, with PSG six points clear in the French league and facing Valencia on Tuesday night in the last 16 of the Champions League. "I want to stay here, but I know that, at the end of the season, the club will decide whether they're happy or not with my work," said Ancelotti on Monday.
Ancelotti's contract expires at the end of the season but there is a further option to extend it if PSG do again qualify for the Champions League. Chelsea's focus this week is the first leg of their Europa League fixture against Sparta Prague, with Benítez warning that the competition would require an adjustment in mentality.
"In terms of mentality the first thought is, 'hmm, it's different'," he said. "The most important thing is in the players' heads. I expect them to be focused and to concentrate, but we will need some time to talk about this. On the day before when we fly they will realise that it's Europe and they must give 100 per cent."
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