EXCLUSIVE: Shevchenko lined up for shock Chelsea return... as a coach

Andriy Shevchenko is being lined up for a coaching role at Chelsea as part of owner Roman Abramovich’s sweeping changes.

The £30million Chelsea flop is taking his coaching badges and can accept a role at the club when he decides to quit playing.

Shevchenko, 35, is still a member of the Dynamo Kiev squad, but he has been a regular visitor to Chelsea’s training ground this season.

Shock return: Andriy Shevchenko is being lined up for a return to Chelsea as a coach

He has been watching the team train and monitoring methods on a frequent basis as he recovers from injury.

Despite his disastrous spell at Chelsea, when the striker scored just nine goals in 48 games after signing from Milan in 2006, he remains close friends with Abramovich.

Shevchenko will captain Ukraine — for whom he has more than 100 caps and has scored 46 times — at this summer’s European Championship before deciding whether to quit playing at the end of the tournament.



Flop: Shevchenko had a disappointing time as a player at Chelsea

He still has a house in Wentworth, Surrey, from his time at Chelsea, which ended in 2009.

He has confided in his former club’s stars that he can take up a coaching role at Stamford Bridge if he decides to call time on his illustrious playing career, during which he won the Champions League, Super Cup, Scudetto and Italian Cup and became European Footballer of the Year in 2004 while at Milan.



