Welcome back Andre – Chelsea confirm Villas-Boas appointment
The club released a statement on their official website, which read:
“Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce that Andre Villas-Boas will be the club’s new manager.
“He has signed a three-year contract and will start work immediately.
“Andre was the outstanding candidate for the job. He is one of the most talented young managers in football today and has already achieved much in a relatively short space of time.
“His ambition, drive and determination matches that of Chelsea and we are confident Andre’s leadership of the team will result in greater successes in major domestic and European competitions.
“Andre will bring his coaching experience back to a club he is already very familiar with, having previously worked here for three years. He has always been highly regarded at Chelsea and everyone here looks forward to welcoming him back and working with him.”
It’s been a bit of a wait since Carlo Ancelotti was sacked, so many will be pleased to see a new manager as the club is now in a much better place to prepare for the coming season and I’m glad to see that we opted for brave appointment by bringing in an upcoming manager, who has fresh ideas, a good knowledge of the game, a previous affinity with the club and he’ll will get to work immedietly.
There’s also plenty of rumours going about over the likes of Radamel Falcao and Joao Moutinho following him to Stamford Bridge, both have release clauses priced at around £26.5m. Hulk has also been linked to Chelsea, but has a minimum fee release clause worth a whopping €100m, which is roughly just under £90m.