Villas Boas (EX) Chelsea manager

[Shaggy]

So they're not interested in Rafa either.

WTF.

[Liverpel]

André Villas-Boas threatens to quit Tottenham manager talks

André Villas-Boas is threatening to pull out of talks about replacing Harry Redknapp at Tottenham Hotspur after discovering the club are still speaking to other candidates at the same time as talking to him about the job.

Villas-Boas's information is also that Tottenham will sell Luka Modric to Real Madrid this summer and, though that has not put him off the idea of returning to London, the former Chelsea manager is unhappy about what he perceives as mixed signals from White Hart Lane. In particular, he is unimpressed the chairman, Daniel Levy, is still considering other options despite holding lengthy talks with him over the last week about him taking over from the sacked Redknapp.

The Portuguese has complained to associates that "they are talking to 10 other coaches" and, though that is clear exaggeration, it indicates how dismayed he is to learn that Levy has not identified him as the sole candidate.

Levy has had several discussions with Villas-Boas, as well as holding talks with the 34-year-old's representatives, but the headhunting process has also led Tottenham to explore the potential availability of the France manager, Laurent Blanc, as well as Roberto Martínez of Wigan Athletic and Ralf Rangnick, who stepped down as Schalke's coach last September.

Others may be on that list, including David Moyes of Everton, and Villas-Boas demonstrated during Liverpool's search for Kenny Dalglish's successor that he does not appreciate being one of many candidates. Officially, Liverpool's American owners ruled him out before appointing Brendan Rodgers but Villas-Boas had also said he was not interested after discovering he was not their first choice.

Villas-Boas is clearly not short of ego, despite his difficult and unsuccessful spell at Stamford Bridge, and his attitude is that a man who won the Portuguese league title, the domestic cup and the Europa League in his one full season with Porto and should not be messed around – as if forgetting that his stint lasting eight and a half months at Chelsea was remarkable only for its bad results and his inability to win over key players.

He has talked of not being made to feel sufficiently wanted by Tottenham and, though the situation can be repaired, he has indicated behind the scenes that if it continues he will remove himself from contention.

That puts pressure on Levy to accelerate the talks and, in essence, do more to massage Villas-Boas's bruised pride. Levy is determined to get this appointment right because he knows anything else but a Champions League finish would rebound badly on him next season given that Redknapp had led the club to two fourth-placed finishes and one in fifth in the the past three Premier League seasons, only missing out on Champions League qualification last month when Chelsea beat Bayern Munich in the final.

Whether Villas-Boas is unhappy enough to go through with his threat remains to be seen and the Modric situation is not a part of his thinking. Villas-Boas, out of work since his sacking at Chelsea in March, is now convinced Modric will leave White Hart Lane. The 26-year-old Croatia international had asked for a transfer a year ago, acutely aware he could earn substantially more elsewhere when Spurs currently operate with a £70,000-a-week salary limit.

Tottenham rejected Chelsea's approaches at the time but Modric still wants to leave and Madrid's interest has been confirmed to Villas-Boas.

Manchester United are also long-term admirers but Modric's former Croatia team-mate Mate Bilic was quoted recently saying he expected the midfielder to move to the Bernabeu.

"I'm very good friends with Modric," said the Sporting Gijon striker. "He wants to play in the Spanish league. He loves the Premier League but he wants to play in Spain. He's very close to agreeing a move."

Vedran Corluka, Modric's team-mate for club and country, has also said during Euro 2012 that he expected the midfielder to go in search of Champions League football, having missed out on Chelsea's triumph last season.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/20/andre-villas-boas-tottenham-manager-talks

[Bender]

Tottenham Hotspur have made contact with representatives of former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas as the club's search for a new manager gathers pace.
Intermediaries acting for Spurs have contacted the 34-year-old's agent to gauge his interest and he may even be interviewed later this week.

Chairman Daniel Levy returns to London on Monday and will personally take charge of the recruitment process.

France coach Laurent Blanc has also emerged as a potential candidate.
Villas-Boas's agent was in London over the weekend, although Spurs insist they will not be rushed into a knee-jerk appointment and plan to speak with a number of candidates.
BBC

[Bender]

Former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas received £12m in compensation when he was sacked by the club in March.

[Cormack74]

looking back on my previous couple of posts here . . .

Looking back at some other people's there's been quite a shift of opinions between then and now

Also interested to see that AVB's record was worse than the much maligned Scolari. Don't recall reading that before.

[Red_Polo]

I suppose my point is regardless of who we get we need to entrust them with building something now, and as long as we can see us going in a particular direction poor results should not threaten their position quite so easily.

[Kenneth]

Well, some managers might be able to come in and shape the existing squad into an effective team better than others. I don't think AVB would fall well into this category so would need to do a lot of transfer dealing.

[Red_Polo]

Yep, I think we can say that about whoever we get next. Or at least we ought to.

[Kenneth]

looking back on my previous couple of posts here, I think its safe to say that my view hasn't really changed, which is that AVB wasn't trusted or backed by Roman which made his job impossible given the power base amongst chelsea's senior players.

Its not possible to judge how he would have performed without these constraints so am happy to ignore his stint at Chelsea from a football perspective, although hopefully his press dealings have taught him a lesson or two.

If we appointed him he needs a free hand, time/patience and money.

[Red_Polo]

Might be wrong but I seem to remember a period where quite a few folk on here fell into one of two camps on the way things were going for him at Chelsea - half seemed to say the press were doing to him what they'd done to Rafa, the other half saying AVB had all the nasty traits Mourinho had and delighting in his failure. Obviously there were plenty that didn't think that way, but would be curious to know how events since may have changed people's minds. I think I was sat on the fence the whole time AVB was at Chelsea, never knew what to make of him.

[Kenneth]

I really hope we appoint him so I don't feel so stupid about buying one of these.

Anyone else wear a 20,000 Euro watch to work..?








Don't you just hate it when these people get stuff thrown at them for free..
The face of Frank Muller..
He should be SHOT in front of his family for this..

[Fredo]

I wouldn't have minded him as our boss BEFORE his stint at Chelsea. After what I've seen there, I have massive reservations. People forget he's really young at 34 even if he seems to have all the qualities of a successful manager. His appointment will still leave us with as many questions as when Kenny was still here.

[Muddled]

So people can read (non-biased) opinions on the appointment of a guy that could be our next manager.

So people can read what people thought of his time at Chelsea.

So people can read articles written during his time in England.

Is it really such a left-field bump?

[lickedlollipop]

why?

[Muddled]

Bump.