On the face of it, Spurs had a decent transfer window.

Andre-Villas Boas today made Gylfi Sigurdsson his first signing as Tottenham head coach.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy believes Andre Villas-Boas is the perfect man to take the north London side forward.

Barcelona may be the greatest team the world has ever seen but Roberto Di Matteo has taunted the European champions ahead of tonight’s Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge by insisting they simply don’t like playing against Chelsea.

Roman Abramovich is not a man renowned for patience, so it came as scant surprise this defeat was the final straw for the uncompromising Chelsea owner.

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Andre Villas-Boas today declared Frank Lampard had every chance of breaking Chelsea’s all-time goalscoring record after the midfielder scored one of the luckiest winners of his career to see off Sunderland.

Fulham manager Martin Jol believes Chelsea’s appointment of Andre Villas-Boas is proof that if you are good enough, you are old enough.

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas was today hoping David Luiz would spare him a defensive crisis for the December 26 west London derby against Fulham.

CHELSEA striker Nicolas Anelka has accepted the club’s decision to show him the door.

CHELSEA boss Andre Villas-Boas yesterday insisted there was no chance of him being sacked if the club fail to reach the Champions League knockout phase or fall even further adrift in the Premier League in the coming days.

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Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has insisted owner Roman Abramovich had not given him a deadline to turn the club's season around, despite facing four defining games in the next fortnight.

THE mounting speculation that shrouds Frank Lampard and his future role under new Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas shows no sign of adversely affecting the England midfielder’s form, as struggling Bolton will testify after he marked his 350th league appearance for his club with a devastating hat-trick.

Andre Villas-Boas last night denied he was attempting to influence referees by complaining to Mike Riley about the officiating in Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League defeat at Manchester United.

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas expects Yury Zhirkov to complete his move to Anzhi Makhachkala in his native Russia.

WITH the start of the new Premier League season just over two weeks away, new Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is under no illusions about the size of the task that faces him at Stamford Bridge.

New manager Andre Villas-Boas feels Chelsea do not need to flex their financial muscle in this summer’s transfer market, insisting a sensible approach is the way to recapture the Barclays Premier League trophy.

CHELSEA last night confirmed Michael Essien’s latest knee injury will keep him on the sidelines for up to six months.

Ashley Cole insists there are “no egos” at Chelsea and the senior players will quickly adapt to life under new manager Andre Villas-Boas.

Ray Wilkins says Andre Villas-Boas’ biggest challenge as Chelsea manager will be to win over some of the high-profile names in the Stamford Bridge dressing room.

Inter Milan have confirmed Gian Piero Gasperini will be the club’s new manager next season.

CHELSEA remain confident a new manager will shortly be in place as Porto boss Andre Villas-Boas looks set to move to Stamford Bridge — but with Porto insisting as yet there has been no official offer to trigger his €15 million release clause.