TomCFC

BBC CONFIRMATION http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/13858858.stm

Just announce it already! "Andre Villas-Boas resigns as manager of Porto, likely to be confirmed as Chelsea boss in next couple of days." - http://twitter.com/#...121040053645312 "Andre Villas Boas has resigned as coach of#FCP and requested to exercise the release clause in his contract. #CFC" - http://twitter.com/#...127169554980864 "Sky Sports sources understand Andre Villas-Boas has offered his resignation to Porto to clear the way for his move...http://dlvr.it/XBkyn" - http://twitter.com/#...127290363514880

We've spent more on managers in the past three years than Arsenal have spent on players in the last five years. I'm sure the amount of trophies won reflects that.

Porto's Alvaro Pereira on Facebook: "Andre Villas-Boas is going to Chelsea. Abramovich has taken our coach from the [Estadio] do Dragao. We have to thank the coach for all the work and the trophies conquered with us this season. We have lost our coach but we will remain strong. WE ARE PORTO!" Has this been posted yet?

Hope we seal the deal ASAP. Probably to be confirmed tomorrow.

Re: Villas-Boas to #cfc. Young manager, old players not always a natural fit. Big talent, tho. Roman must give V-B time to impose blueprint http://twitter.com/#...805117002326016

Apparently he's on his way to London and is being announced later this week. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2005767/Andre-Villas-Boas-set-Chelsea.html

Here's a remarkable stat - he's the same age as Drogba and Lampard.

FTR. My money is/was on van Basten as he was Hiddink's 1st choice to be coach under him as DoF. AVB is Abramovich's choice. #CFC is his club If #CFC pay AVB release clause the total spent on compensation hiring/firing managers under Abramovich will be approx £62.1m(not inc wages). http://twitter.com/#!/garbosj

#CFC began talks with Villas-Boas over the weekend but no deal is in place ... yet. http://twitter.com/#!/bensmith_Times/status/82793249919602688

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3648267/Chelsea-and-Arsenal-target-Adel-Taarabt-according-to-the-player-himself.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Fascinating.

Full BBC article now up - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13841169.stm

I'd much rather still have a multiple Champions League winner and the man who led us to the Double still in charge, but oh well. AVB is good enough.

BBC have updated their story slightly after Porto's statement:

I'm sure Roman can stump up the extra cash.

Meh, I wanted Benitez.

BBC JUST CONFIRMED IT! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13841169.stm

Ian McGarry: "For those who missed tweets 2 weeks ago. Van Basten was Hiddink's choice, Abramovich vetoed it after negative reports about MvB. #CFC" http://twitter.com/#...751355785183232

Interesting post from the other thread:

An article on why AVB is worth £15 million... http://www.sabotagetimes.com/football-sport/andre-villas-boas-is-worth-15m-and-will-get-chelsea-swinging-again/

A £13m release clause and £4.5m a year. Let's hope he does a good job!

Though this thread would be invevitable! Hope we get him, but we'd be even more overloaded with strikers. Drogba, Kalou, Malouda and Anelka would probably all go.

Incredibly exciting - he's young, fresh, relatively experienced and knows the squad quite well. I thought we'd go for Hiddink, but hopefully he will be the DOF. I'm not sure what fans of other clubs think - he's never managed in the Champions League or Britain before.

Hiddink as assistant or DOF please!