Andres Villas-Boas looks to step it up with Chelsea - English Premier League watch
Roman Abramovich, Chelsea’s Russian owner, has all the hunger in the world for the holy grail of the trophies, the UEFA Champions League. But by the end of the recently concluded season, one could make out that he would even settle for an English Premier
League title.
The trophy less effort by his club team did not settle down too well with the Russian. With probably the highest turnover rate in the managerial ranks, Abramovich let go of Carlo Ancelotti earlier this year in May. Ancelotti’s services were no longer required
even after he won the club a double whammy just a season prior.
Andres Villas-Boas, the 33-year-old Jose Mourinho prodigy, is the new manager at the helm of the Blues now. With the £13.2 million price tag already been paid, he has agreed to a three-year contract with Chelsea after resigning from Porto earlier this week.
Villas-Boas won the domestic double with Porto, while the UEFA Europa League triumph served as the icing on the cake.
Once he takes over the new role, the Portuguese will become the youngest manager in the English Premier League. Given his short experience, even though it has been quite successful, one may tend to question if he has the mettle to last in the gruelling English
Premier League. More importantly, will he be able to deliver to his Russian boss? If, somehow, he manages to slip up in his very first season, heads will roll at Chelsea yet again.
However, this will not be the first stint at Chelsea for Villas-Boas. Previously, he has worked as a scout under Jose Mourinho. He was highly commended for his man management skills. This skill has had a major influence on Abramovich to give him the commanding
role.
Villas-Boas’s appointment gives all the reasons to excite the Chelsea fans. With youth, he brings talent, energy, ideas and the positive attitude to the club.
At 33, Villas-Boas has the difficult job to not only manage his players but also to get their respect. Managing the players at Porto was probably an easier http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 for him. At Chelse,a he not only has to manage the seasoned stars, but he also has to get the
best out of them. Dealing with the likes Didier Drogba, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Skills-c40539. He needs to get the seniors like Lampard to be on his side and try to win the dressing room
the earliest he can.
However hard it may be to manage the players, dealing with Roman Abramovich will be a much tougher task for Villas-Boas. Mourinho was always considered indispensible by the fans at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786. All it took was a single confrontation between the manager and the
boss for the former to exit.
Villas-Boas needs to understand how politics run at Chelsea Football Club. Abramovich has the tendency to demand more than frequent correspondence on all possible issues.
The Portuguese has little time to finalise his squad to launch the claim for the titles. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044. The manager needs to work out his plans for Drogba and try to realise whether the
player fits his scheme of things. Drogba’s style of play is likely to clash with that of Torres’s. Villas-Boas cannot afford to put Drogba on the bench either. It may incite unrest with the player. Therefore, it may actually be best to let Drogba go.
The business has begun at Stamford Bridge. Decisions, both hard and regular, have to be made. It is important for Villas-Boas to get off to a winning start and prove a point to all his doubters.
The time has come for Villas-Boas to carry on his successes from Porto and over to Chelsea and let everybody know that he is not a one-hit wonder.
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