Villas-Boas: No deadline set by Abramovich

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 beleaguered Blues host Wolves today knowing anything other than victory could see them slump to seventh in the Barclays Premier League by the end of the weekend or slip even further behind leaders Manchester City.