After all the speculation and talk of the project Andres Villas –Boas eight month reign at Chelsea has come to an end.
The 34-year-old ex-Porto manager was brought in to manage the club, and to help rebuild for the future.
After problems in the dressing room, and a run of bad results the club decided to pull the plug on the young Portuguese manager, and issued a statement saying:
“Andre Villas-Boas has parted company with Chelsea Football Club today.
“The board would like to record our gratitude for his work and express our disappointment that 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.”
All the speculation will be on who will take over as manager at the end of the season in what is a very difficult job, managing one of the Premierships top clubs.
