Andre Villas-Boas: Is He the Next Mourinho?
Seven years after a successful coach at FC Porto took the reigns at Chelsea, another coach from the Portuguese club is getting a ton of attention and is being rumored with the clubs that one of his mentors has already been at.
That coach is Andre Villas-Boas, who in his first season at Porto has taken the managerial ranks by storm as he led the club to a dominant performance in the Portuguese Liga and a trip to the Europa League final.
Villas-Boas' mentor just happens to be a man named Jose Mourinho, who in his first full season at Porto won the Portuguese Cup, Portuguese Liga and the Europa League. The next year, Mourinho led Porto to the Champions League title before leaving for Chelsea.
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Villas-Boas has been the man in European coaching circles since his Porto team began to dominate this season, and all the big clubs that are interested in hiring a new manager have the 33-year-old Portuguese man on their list.
It just so happens that the clubs being rumored with Villas-Boas are clubs where Mourinho has previously managed. Those clubs, Chelsea and Inter Milan, have not fired their respective managers yet, but if something does happen to Carlo Ancelotti or Leonardo, both clubs could try to lure the young Portuguese manager to Stamford Bridge or the San Siro.
Reports are claiming that Villas-Boas has already decided to stay at the Estadio do Dragao for next season and he will look to lead Porto on a long Champions League run just like Mourinho did in 2003-04.
If Villas-Boas stays at Porto for next year and then moves to a bigger European club, it will mirror the time Mourinho spent in Porto, as he spent two-and-a-half years with the club.
There is no doubt that you will see Andre Villas-Boas on the big European stage next season, whether he is in the Champions League with Porto or another big name club, but before everyone else finds out about him, I suggest you watch his Porto side in the Europa League final against Villarreal and you can see for yourself what a brilliant manager VIllas-Boas is.
