Andre Villas Boas set to become Chelsea manager

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Chelsea target Andre Villas-Boas set to become new boss

Chelsea target Andre Villas-Boas is on the verge of becoming the club's new manager, BBC Sport understands. The 33-year-old resigned as Porto boss on Tuesday having guided the club to a domestic treble last season. He has been linked with Chelsea in recent days following the sacking of Carlo Ancelotti in May. Porto insisted on Monday that Villas-Boas could leave if a rival club paid £13.2m to activate a release clause in his contract. "FC Porto was today notified of the intention of Andre Villas-Boas to resign from his contract with the club by triggering the release clause immediately," read a Porto statement. "The contract will be terminated once the required amount is paid." The Lusa news agency had reported earlier on Tuesday that Villas-Boas would pay the £13.2m himself. Ancelotti was dismissed by Chelsea following a season without any silverware, with the London club finishing runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League. Several candidates have been touted as possible replacements for the Italian, among them Turkey boss Guus Hiddink, Villas-Boas and former Fulham, Manchester City and Blackburn boss Mark Hughes. Former Chelsea boss John Hollins believes Villas-Boas could prove to be a shrewd acquisition for the west London club, who are yet to realise owner Roman Abramovich's dream of winning the Champions League, and were beaten in the semi-finals by Manchester United last season. "He could be fearless," Hollins told BBC Sport. "It will be fresh for the players, they need a boost. I think it could be a breath of fresh air, bringing in a fresh approach to this maybe tired football team. "This guy is as young as some of the players are so he will be on the same wavelength with them, but is it going to be a three or four year programme as opposed to having to win something in his first year? That is the one thing we don't know yet, but he has won three competitions in Portugal just like that so he could be a whizzkid. "It's a gamble but I think it's calculated gamble. I still don't know if Mr Hiddink will be coming as an advisor to the young man, if he does that will only strengthen the position." Under Villas-Boas, Porto won both the Portuguese league and league cup last season, as well as the Europa League. They were unbeaten in the league, with 27 wins in 30 matches, becoming only the second Portuguese club to complete a league campaign without losing a game, after Benfica in 1972-73. A scout for compatriot Jose Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan, Villas-Boas began his managerial career with Portuguese club Academica in October 2009. Academica were winless and bottom of the first division at the time but finished the season in 11th place. They also reached a Portuguese League Cup semi-final before Villas-Boas left to take over at Porto in June 2010. Villas-Boas, who speaks fluent English, also worked with Sir Bobby Robson during the former England manager's spell in charge of Porto.

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Just one bad season and he too may be sacked next year :cantstop: A club like Chelsea could've achieved so much more had it not been for a pathetic owner like Abrahmovich, who thinks that he knows more about football than all the players/managers combined. Ancelotti was a very good manager and there was absolutely no need to sack him. Vilas Boas is a good manager but he needs to learn many things and needs to be given some time otherwise he will fail at Stamford Bridge.

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agree on that s=g , villa baos has an impressive record but a fact must be taken into consideration that porto has been a pretty good side most of the time over last decade. if abrahmovich thinks villa baos is another mourinho who will able to covert his cash into trophies in no time ,to me he is wrong. anyway I feel epl will be more fun with this guy in chelsea than ancellotti.

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Confirmed by Chelsea as their new manager.

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One has to remember that Portugese league is corrupt to the core and both the league and Domestic cup were almost handed to Porto by officials.The officiating in the 2nd leg of cup final against benifica was a joke. The only credible achievement he achieved was winning the Europa league but he only face one decent team in Villereal during their run. He should have stayed at Porto for 1 more season and tried his luck in CL.Jumped the ship too soon IMO.