AVB leaves Chelsea (sacked)

Azza · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:39

Breaking news!!!!

Andre Villa-Boas has parted company with Chelsea Football Club today.

The board would like to record our gratitude for his work and express our disappointmentthat the relationship has ended so early.

Unfortunately the results and performances of the team have not been good enough and were showing no signs of improving at a key time in the season.

The club is still competing in the latter stages of the Uefa Champions League and the FA Cup, as well as challenging for a top-four spot in the Premier League, and we aim to remain as competitive as possible on all fronts.

With that in mind we felt our only option was to make a change at this time.

With immediate effect Roberto Di Matteo has been appointed first team coach on an interim basis until the end of the season.

Lucifurr · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:40

You just beat me to it.

cm1179 · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:41

just heard this

expensive mistake

Azza · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:41

Roberto Di Matteo is going to take charge for the rest of the season.

Andybtsn · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:41

Be hefty buck of cash in his back pocket

Pigeon_Killer · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:41

Abramovich is completely destroying Chelsea.

Snax · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:42

Ouch. Poor AVB. He was a bit of an ass but that job was a poisoned chalice

dante6491 · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:42

How expensive was this signing then? Wasn't it a £20m buyout clause? Only half a season out of him as well. Jesus.

MissChief · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:42

I guess the players got what they wanted then?

Shamikebab · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:43

lolChelsea.

The amount they've spent on managers has probably exceeded United's total spending on players

Admiral Huddy · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:43

Pigeon_Killer said:
Abramovich is completely destroying Chelsea.

What was he thinking in the summer? That's it for him too surely.. How can they build from this?

Jose Mourinho was in London this week. Any connection?

beachBOYken · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:44

Who's next for the eventual chop!

Yas786 · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:45

LOLChelsea

just heard about it now...brilliant news for us seeing as Chelsea are in disarray lol.

Abramovich is a joke of an owner...no stability in the Chelsea side...

Chris1712 · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:45

Been a long time coming, seems silly to me to wait until the latter stages of the season when we've been in tatters since October.

SpeedFreak · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:45

Believable but unbelievable at the same time.

Rameses · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:45

Not surprised at all, but I'm sure the millions in his bank account are soothing any miss-feelings he has about his time at Chelsea.

Yas786 · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:46

Pigeon_Killer said:
Abramovich is completely destroying Chelsea.

+1 definitely most definitely.

Pigeon_Killer · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:46

They need a yes man who'll take it up the backside from the owner, bow down to player pressure and stick with the 30+ year olds that still think they're the future of the club. Does such a manager exist?

ScarySquirrel · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:47

As a Chelsea fan, I'm pretty disappointed by this. Having said that we weren't performing, and unfortunately it's the manager that has to take the blame. He talked about this 3 year project, which I believed in because we'd brought so many promising youngsters in over the summer, but I guess Abramovich just doesn't have the patience!

Oynas · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:48

Not surprising, but I bet he's relieved to be out.