An overview of Andre Villas-Boas’ first press conference as Chelsea manager
Andre Villas-Boas was unveiled as the new Chelsea manager officially at his first press conference for the London club. The much awaited press conference by the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 boss went really well, with Villas-Boas identifying his aims for the Blues in
the upcoming season.
One of Villas-Boas’ first move as the manager of Chelsea was to appoint http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo as his second in charge. That will undoubtedly be a popular choice with the Chelsea supporters, who are still bitter about the sudden and unjust sacking of Ray Wilkins
during Carlo Ancelotti’s reign.
Di Matteo also history with the London club, having played as a Chelsea player for six years, from 1996 to 2002. His inclusion in Villas-Boas’ managerial team is indeed a wise choice by the Portuguese manager early on as the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 manager, in an attempt
to win over the Chelsea supporters.
While Villas-Boas is aware of the constant comparison to mentor Jose Mourinho and was most likely expecting a question asking him whether he regarded himself as the “Special One”. Luckily, the 33-year-old handled the question better than he had done previously.
This time Villas-Boas referred to himself as the “Group One”, a huge improvement from the “Sh*t One”, a name he had used to describe himself to avoid comparison to Mourinho in one of his earlier press conferences while he was still in charge of FC Porto.
The reason why Villas-Boas called himself the Group One was because he revealed he intended to bridge the gap between the various parties at Stamford Bridge. There is an obvious divide between the fans, manager, Director of football, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sporting-89-c40576 director and
owner.
According to the young manager, he intended to bring everyone at the club together for a brighter future. He maintained his main aim was to win trophies at the club, however, he revealed he wanted to win in style.
With all sorts of questions thrown at him during the press conference, Villas-Boas maintained the utmost respect for everyone, including former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti, Blues skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895, Chelsea supporters, other English Premier League sides
and former side FC Porto.
Villas-Boas revealed he did not wish to take anything away from the Italian manager’s achievement at Stamford Bridge, claiming he considered Ancelotti’s achievement of the domestic double in his first season at the club to be highly impressive.
Despite popular belief, the young manager insisted he did not wish to change things around too much, which meant he would be keeping John Terry as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Captain-c8314 of the club. He also revealed he did not plan on changing anything at the club in terms of offloading
players until the 6th of July.
He specifically mentioned his desire to work with the existing players after reports linking influential midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Essien-c25294 to a move away in the summer transfer window. So as things stay there look to be no major changes at Chelsea, according to
Villas-Boas.
He revealed he had nothing but respect for fellow Premier League managers such as Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson, who can prove to be a tough opponent. While Mourinho knew how to tame the Scotsman with flattery, Villas-Boas’ revealed he had no intention of taking on
the Red Devils boss.
The Portuguese manager also mentioned how he felt he had done nothing wrong in signing with Chelsea, whom he considered to be a challenge. He arrives for Porto, having won four trophies, including the Primeira League and the UEFA Europa League with the Porto
giants.
Over all, Villas-Boas’ first press conference as Chelsea manager was a success. The young Portuguese is a natural crowd winner and seemed to handle the English media surprisingly well.
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