Captain of the Stamford Bridge outfit, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895, has shrugged off reports that power of the senior players at Chelsea resulted in Andre Villas-Boas’ failure and his subsequent ousting.
Andre Villas-Boas did not even last a season at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, as Roman Abramovich showed him the exit doors earlier in March.
Expectations were high from the talented Portuguese, who Chelsea paid close to 28 million Euros to bring in. His CV was bright, having won a quadruple with Porto in the 2010/11 season; however, he failed to have any sort of impact with an ageing squad and met the Russian billionaire’s wrath.
A portion of the fan base and media outlets believe that senior players at the club didn’t see eye-to-eye with the coach and refused to take his orders on numerous occasions. Failure to handle the dressing room and inflated egos finally proved his undoing.
John Terry is one the alleged personnel, but the skipper has come out in press to downplay the reports, saying:
“In all clubs when players don't play there's always misunderstandings.
"People have got this thing about the senior players at Chelsea having a massive influence - I can assure you that's not the case, and it hasn't been since I've been at the football club.
“All the players care about Chelsea, the owner certainly does.”
Terry opined that Villas-Boas was unlucky in not achieving the results expected of him, adding that it’s always the manager who has to take the hit.
"Andre was very good but unfortunately we didn't get the results and it falls on his head. The manager and players all make mistakes together. We all wish him well, he's got a very good future, he's very young as well. It's going to be a learning experience for him."
The Blues are without a manager as interim coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 and only a strong performance will save their Champions League ambitions.
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