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Andre Villas-Boas

March 5, 2012 by · Comments Off on Andre Villas-Boas 

Andre Villas-Boas, ROMAN Abramovich could be set to make his peace with Jose Mourinho after the former Chelsea boss was installed among the favourites to take charge at Stamford Bridge next season following Andre Villas-Boas’s dismissal.

Abramovich axed Villas-Boas less than 24 hours after a 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion left the Blues languishing in fifth place in the Premier League – and less than one year into his contract.

Former Chelsea midfielder Roberto Di Matteo, who had been working as Villas-Boas’s assistant, has been named as interim manager until the end of the season.

Di Matteo will hope to avoid an embarrassing FA Cup fifth-round replay exit against Championship club Birmingham when his side travels to St Andrews’ for his first match in charge on Wednesday.

After that, the Italian will focus on lifting Chelsea back into the top four – thus securing a place in next season’s Champions League – and maybe even overturn the 3-1 first-leg deficit against Napoli in the last 16 of the Champions League.

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