Andre Villas-Boas reveals why he fell out with Mourinho.
– Andre Villas-Boas reveals how his relationship with Jose Mourinho got sour.
– The former Chelsea coach said that Mourinho brought out the best in him while working together.
– AVB has since coached four different clubs after parting ways with the ‘Special One’ at San Andre Villas-Boas has revealed that his relationship with Jose Mourinho got sour after he decided he wanted to move ahead.
The former Tottenham coach was once hailed by Mourinho as his eyes and ears during their managerial careers with FC Porto and Chelsea respectively.
“In my formative moments working with Jose was the best time of my life – I was able to lean to many things and working with him takes you to another level,” said Villas-Boas on Tuesday, speaking in Amsterdam.
“You fall in love with him and he becomes your idol.
“I wanted to be like him, know everything that he knew and absorb all the information he was giving.”
“Then you fall on the wrong side of Jose and that's when things change and you realise that you’ve been blinded by someone.
“He has this fascinating capability of getting the best out of you, which has good or bad consequences for people.
“My consequences were that as a result of the argument or disagreement we had, I started my coaching career.”
The conflict between both Portuguese coaches started when AVB left the Special One at Inter and took over as manager of bottom placed Academica where he guided them to safety before winning a treble with Porto the
following season just like his mentor. Just like his idol, the 38-year-old got a mega money move to Chelsea only to end abruptly in less than a year before moving to Spurs where he spent 15 months. He has since left Russian side Zenit in May 2016 having led them to the Russian Cup and League title during his two-year spell at St. Petersburg.
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