There's some interesting news breaking out of Portugal as rumours swirl that Andre Villas Boas is either on the verge of leaving Porto for the Chelsea job or has already done so, with Chelsea buying the 33-year-old out of his €15M release clause and luring him away from the Dragao with a contract offer reported to be in the area of €5M a year.
Andre Villas Boas On Verge Of Chelsea Move
The presence of a release clause means that Porto have very little say in the matter - Chelsea merely needed to persuade Villas Boas to move to Stamford Bridge rather than negotiate with the Primeira Liga club, something that president Pinto da Costa mournfully disclosed on Monday morning:
Villas Boas has a contract and a clause of €15million. If someone deposits €15million into our account and he wants to go, we can not do anything because it is something that is contractually specified.
It sounds like Chelsea’s hunt for a manager may finally be coming to a close more than a month after firing second-year coach Carlo Ancelotti following a miserable season with the Blues.
For more on the Andre Villas Boas story and all things Chelsea, check out SB Nation’s Chelsea FC blog We Ain’t Got No History.
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