New Blue Villas-Boas truly a man on a mission

SO we finally have a new manager, and I can’t imagine that many predicted the name André Villas-Boas when Carlo Ancelotti was given the elbow.

Given the alleged obsession with the Champions League, it is interesting that Roman Abramovich has plumped for a man who not only has never won the competition but has not even had a team in it.

That said, he was one of Jose Mourinho’s trusted scouts during his reign at Chelsea so was able to observe first-hand the shenanigans that went on — on and off the pitch — during that unprecedented period in the club’s history.