Despite Chelsea’s dramatic upturn in fortunes since the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas, I still believe it was entirely the wrong decision. Granted, Chelsea have since reached the FA Cup Semi-Final and look certain to reach the Champions League Semi Final after Tuesday night’s 1-0 win against Benfica in Lisbon. However, currently led by Roberto Di Matteo on an interim basis and still heavily reliant on the aging old guard, there is still no long-term plan in place at Stamford Bridge. While AVB was in charge things may not have been going swimmingly but the revolutionary process was well under way.
It was impossible for the process to be completed overnight but AVB had begun the process of weeding them out as Terry, Lampard and Drogba will not be around forever. The revolution has to take place at some point but will not happen if Abramovich changes managers like clothes. Whether you agree with the sacking of Villas-Boas or not, it is universally accepted that he has shown characteristics of a very knowledgeable football man.
According to rumours, Villas-Boas hasn’t shown his face in public since his sacking as he suffers uncontrollable grief and embarrassment at his Stamford Bridge debacle. This proves his emotion towards the beautiful game but may also be an indication that he believes he has lost his chance to be part of football’s elite. Far from it, any person in the world of football understands that Chelsea is the “impossible job” and at just 33 years old and a training CV under Sir Bobby Robson and Jose Mourinho, that cannot be matched by any other manager out there, Andre Villas-Boas still seems like the perfect option to one of the big clubs of Europe.
Whether the sacking of Claudio Ranieri at Inter Milan has come too early remains to be seen but that job is currently seen as his most likely movement and could still happen at the end of the season after former youth coach Andrea Stramaccioni has been handed the job on an interim basis.
The job that needs to take place at Inter is very similar to the current Chelsea situation with many of Inter’s stars reaching the end of stellar careers such as Lucio, Dejan Stankovic and Diego Milito. However, Inter president Massimo Moratti appears to have as much patience as Abramovich as Ranieri has been sacked only a few months into his revolutionary process in a similar way to Villas-Boas.
Andre Villas-Boas will be at one of Europe’s big clubs within the next couple of years and I can only see it as being a success. After this, he is almost certain to want to return to England to show the English public his true abilities. Which English clubs would suit him in best in 5-10 years’ time? The simple answer is either Manchester club. Roberto Mancini will turn Manchester City into a European force to be reckoned with but will not stay in the same job forever and Sir Alex Ferguson is human and has to stop eventually. Expect to see Andre Villas-Boas back and successful very soon and I wouldn’t like to be in the same room as Abramovich when that success is achieved.
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Awful piece. It is down to Andre Villas Boas that Chelsea won’t achieve Champions League football next year which in itself is a disaster, and it’s a myth that Chelsea need a complete revamp only believed by fools – their squad is considerably younger than say Manchester United’s.
Hummmmmmmmmm i really wish him AVB a great luck in life after Chelsea,,,