Winston Bogarde has applied for the vacant manager 's job at Oldham Athletic . The former Holland international , infamous for four bench-warming years at Chelsea , is one of 70 people who have registered their interest in becoming Lee Johnson 's successor at Boundary Park . Bogarde , 44 , won a Champions League with Ajax in 1995 but it is the the centre-back 's lucrative stint at Stamford Bridge for which he is most remembered in this country . Winston Bogarde spent four unsuccessful years at Chelsea between 2000 and 2004 . Bogarde in an Ajax shirt during Edwin van der Sar 's testimonial at the Amsterdam Arena in 2011 . Bogarde celebrates Champions League glory after Ajax beat AC Milan in Vienna in 1995 with team-mates ( left-right ) Finidi George , Michael Reiziger , Marc Overmars , Nwankwo Kanu , and captain Danny Blind . Picking up a reported £10m , he started just four games under Gianluca Vialli and Claudio Ranieri and spent his final season commuting from Amsterdam , catching the early flight into Heathrow and training with the youth team at Harlington before his eventual retirement . In 2011 , Sportsmail revealed Bogarde was facing financial ruin after his £3.2m luxury home was repossessed . Oldham say they are in no rush to appoint a new man after Johnson left to join League One rivals Barnsley despite being only five points outside the play-offs with a game in hand on most others . They were hammered 4-0 at home by Preston North End on Saturday and head to Port Vale on Tuesday evening again under the guidance of caretaker boss Dean Holden and playing assistant Adam Lockwood . Lee Johnson left League One side Oldham to become manager of Barnsley last week . Oldham have spoken to lifelong fan Paul Scholes about taking the role but admit any agreement with the United legend is unlikely . Former boss Iain Dowie is a fans ' favourite but whether the club could give him the funds he feels he needs to take them to the next level is doubtful . Others in the frame include ex-West Bromwich Albion manager Alan Irvine , former player Shefki Kuqi and ex-Manchester City coaches Scott Sellars and Steve Eyre .
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