I’ll still be here next season, insists AVB

Andre Villas-Boas yesterday insisted he had “no doubt” he would get a second season in charge of Chelsea, despite admitting he could spend all summer haunted by the “ghost” of Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho has reportedly expressed an interest in returning to Stamford Bridge should he leave Real Madrid at the end of the current campaign, amid suggestions he is increasingly unhappy in Spain.

Mourinho has made no secret of his desire to manage again in England and his availability would put a host of rival bosses on red alert, according to Villas-Boas.