Tottenham 2 Newcastle 1

Should Tottenham be holding off Manchester United as tomorrow’s game comes to a close, Andre Villas-Boas had better hope his tailored training drills have paid off by the time that stoppage-time board goes up.

Tottenham 0 Lazio 0

Andre Villas-Boas insists Hugo Lloris is happy with life at Tottenham, but has warned the France captain he will have to be patient in his bid to wrestle the starting spot away from Brad Friedel.

He may have overlooked him for almost the entire season at Chelsea, but Andre Villas-Boas is convinced that Romelu Lukaku is ready to take the Barclays Premier League by storm with West Brom this season.

Harry Kane is yet to play one minute of Barclays Premier League football, but Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is convinced that the 19-year-old striker is good enough to make an impact on the top flight this year.

Former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is in no rush to decide on his next move.

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has defended the number of managerial changes at Stamford Bridge since Roman Abramovich took over the club in 2003 and believes the club’s success in that period vindicates their policy of always having “the right manager” in place.

Andre Villas-Boas has insisted Chelsea have what it takes to win this season’s Champions League, despite admitting they were “not good enough” to beat a depleted npower Championship side.

Chelsea have denied claims owner Roman Abramovich held ‘showdown’ talks with manager Andre Villas-Boas before the club’s breathtaking 3-3 draw with Manchester United.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle has confirmed the club have agreed a fee with Chelsea for Wanderers defender Gary Cahill.

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has challenged his Chelsea team to follow up Saturday’s victory over Wolves by going on a run that he hopes will kick-start the club’s Barclays Premier League title challenge.