ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS was in London last night sorting out the final details of his switch to Chelsea.
Blues owner Roman Abramovich paid a record £13.25million to release Villas-Boas from his job as Porto boss. A Chelsea statement said: "We note the release clause of Andre Villas-Boas has been activated.
"We can confirm our interest in him and hope to reach agreement with him on personal terms and make a further announcement in the near future."
It emerged last night that Villas-Boas met with Abramovich last weekend. At that point a basic agreement for the Portuguese to take over at Stamford Bridge was put in place.
Villas-Boas, 33, quit Porto by fax yesterday and once the compensation had been paid the way was clear for him to become Red Rom's eighth boss since he bought Chelsea in 2004.
Villas-Boas, who succeeds Carlo Ancelotti at the Bridge, won FOUR trophies in his one season as Porto boss.
Club officials were unhappy that their manager had quit by fax. And they will be even more grumpy if Villas-Boas returns to poach their star players. Colombian striker Falcao, rated at £26.5m, is a prime target.
Villas-Boas would also like £35m-rated Portuguese midfielder Moutinho. But hitman Hulk may be beyond even Red Rom's budget - the buyout clause in his contract is a staggering £91m!
Porto have already appointed assistant boss Vitor Pereira as their new manager.
source: Thesun.co.uk
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