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He's off again. The Portuguese manager (not him, the other not so special one). As Chelsea prepare to welcome Tottenham to Stamford Bridge tonight, there is a great deal at stake. Perhaps that is why Andre Villas-Boas seems to be suffering…

Andre Villas-Boas returns to Stamford Bridge tomorrow night for the first time since he was sacked as the manager last March. The 35-year old has spoken before about it and is obviously unhappy with the way he was treated, although he must…

Roberto Di Matteo was expecting he and Andre Villas-Boas would both be sacked after this fixture last season, and certainly did not expect to temporarily take the helm. Roberto recalls fearing the worst when Roman Abramovich, Eugene…

The new Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is adamant that he is not looking for revenger on Chelsea, who sacked him midway through last season, but the players themselves should be looking to right the wrongs that Chelsea caused them last…

The transfer market is sometimes conducted in a very mysterious, cloak and dagger sort of way. There are leaks, rumours, denials and, until a deal is finalised, there is no way of really knowing what is happening. Having said that, there is…

There is some good news and bad news for Chelsea fans today. Two players who were doubtful for the start of the new season should be available to Roberto Di Matteo. Daniel Sturridge should be joining Stuart Pearce for the Olympics and Gary…

Some reports today are claiming that Chelsea have all but acquired 20-year old Oscar from Brazilian club Internacionale. The creative, attacking midfielder was apparently being chased by Tottenham and the former Chelsea boss Andres…

According to Liverpool’s goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who was Torres’ teammate until the striker left the Kops, seems to think that the problem with Fernando’s lack of goals was not his form but the club which did not treat him right. Until…

The Chelsea veteran Frank Lampard thinks that Andre Villas-Boas was just a bit too worried about building a new Chelsea team for the future, that he forgot to make sure that the club kept winning now in the present. But Lampard accepts…

It was inevitable that Andre Villas-Boas would be dismissed after the Chelsea boss presided over yet another disastrous defeat at West Brom. Roman Abramovich called an emergency board meeting yesterday and they decided that they had no…