‘For sure’ Chelsea will win the Champions League – Andre Villas-Boas

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New Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas says he will secure the club its most desired prize – the Champions League trophy.

The club’s owner Roman Abramovich is known to covet Europe’s top prize and Villas-Boas, who arrived at the club from Porto this summer, believes it is within his grasp.

“In the next years, for sure, the trophy will arrive in this club,” he told Sky Sports News.

“Chelsea have been in a couple of semi-finals and also one final in recent times.

“I don’t see why we can’t go on to win it.”

With the toppling of holders Barcelona in mind, Villas-Boas is evaluating his squad on a pre-season tour of Malaysia, using the trip to determine what parts of the team need strengthening in the transfer market.

“We need to get the most information possible,” the 33-year-old said.

“By the time we go to the market, we will know the kind of players we want.

“Hopefully we can do the deal that we want.

“I will use all 26 of my players in the tour and we will make a decision once the tour is over.

“There is plenty of talent in this squad. I believe the players can still find new things in them to exploit and I want to fulfil the potential of their talent.”

Villas-Boas won the Europa League with Porto last season, and now seeks to go one better than his mentor Jose Mourinho managed at Stamford Bridge.