http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 boss Andre Villas-Boas claims there is no bad blood between him and Jose Mourinho
FC Porto manager, Andre Villas-Boas, has played down rumours that he has a problem with former mentor Jose Mourinho. He stated that he is still in good terms with ‘The Special One’ and respects him. The manager also reiterated the fact that he wants to stay
at FC Porto and has no intention of leaving anytime soon.
Villas-Boas has been widely linked with a move to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in the summer with Carlo Ancelotti almost certain to leave after a poor season. Owner Roman Abramovich is reportedly a huge admirer of the prodigy and wants him at Stamford Bridge at the start of
next season.
The former Assistant of Jose Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan stated that there is no bad blood between him and Mourinho. He claimed that he is a huge fan of ‘The Special One’ and that he has learnt a lot in the seven years working under the Portuguese.
“I spent seven years with Jose and we were part of a very good technical staff. We went to top class clubs at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan and worked with top players who gave us such a tremendous volume of success,” the manager was quoted as saying in
an interview.
The former British Virgin Islands’ national team coach said that he only left Jose Mourinho from Inter because of professional reasons, not because of a speculated clash with his mentor. He added that it was his ambition to start a professional coaching
career which was the reason he took over at Academica.
“I understood my role from the beginning and tried to fulfill it with maximum professionalism. Regarding why I left Inter, it was because I wanted the extra edge to fulfill my ambitions as a professional coach, so I took the risk to find my own http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at Academica,”
the 33-year old concluded.
Andre Villas-Boas’ FC Porto have won the treble this season. They won the League and the Portuguese Cup with consummate ease and defeated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sporting-89-c40576 Braga 1-0 in the final of the UEFA Europa League at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
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