{"id":429451,"date":"2011-05-24T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/24\/porto-president-confirms-13-1m-release-clause-in-chelsea-linked-andre-villas-boas-contract\/"},"modified":"2011-05-24T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T13:38:00","slug":"porto-president-confirms-13-1m-release-clause-in-chelsea-linked-andre-villas-boas-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/porto-president-confirms-13-1m-release-clause-in-chelsea-linked-andre-villas-boas-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Porto president confirms \u00a313.1m release clause in Chelsea-linked Andre Villas-Boas&#8217; contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Shane Farrington<\/h3>\n<h4>24 May 2011 14:38:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.0683188212\">\n<div readability=\"14.5297297297\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andre Villas-Boas - FC Porto (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132000\/132061_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andre Villas-Boas &#8211; FC Porto (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"31.4018691589\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/portugal\/292\/porto\">Porto<\/a> president Pinta Da Costa has confirmed an offer of \u00a313.1 million would trigger the release clause in coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/43211\/andr%C3%A9-villas-boas\">Andre Villas-Boas<\/a>\u2019 contract.<\/p>\n<p>The tactician has been linked with Chelsea after guiding his side to a treble this season, but despite existence of a release clause, Da Costa is confident Villa-Boas will remain at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not expect the exit of Villas-Boas, there is a clause price of \u20ac15m \u00a313.1m &#8211; but I am totally convinced that even if any club came in with the offer, he would reject the proposition,\u201d Da Costa told <em>RTP<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVillas-Boas is very committed to Porto and more so after this big season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo days ago he also told me that if no players leave, then he will not even need any new players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villa-Boas has been likened to former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho after a sensational start to his managerial career.<\/p>\n<p>Da Costa is also confident of keeping hold of the club&#8217;s key players and having recently secured the long-term future of Hulk, he is switching his focus to fellow forward Radamel Falcao.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is being looked at,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has already showed a willingness to renew, but he has a two-year contract so I am not worried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/24\/2501434\/porto-president-confirms-131m-release-clause-in-chelsea\" title=\"Porto president confirms \u00a313.1m release clause in Chelsea-linked Andre Villas-Boas' contract\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Porto president confirms \u00a313.1m release clause in Chelsea-linked Andre Villas-Boas&#8217; contract<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Shane Farrington 24 May 2011 14:38:00 Andre Villas-Boas &#8211; FC Porto (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Porto president Pinta Da Costa has confirmed an offer of \u00a313.1 million would trigger the release clause in coach Andre Villas-Boas \u2019 contract. The tactician has been linked with Chelsea after guiding his side to a treble this season, but despite existence of a release clause, Da Costa is confident Villa-Boas will remain at the club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-429451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Porto president confirms \u00a313.1m release clause in Chelsea-linked Andre Villas-Boas&#039; contract - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/porto-president-confirms-13-1m-release-clause-in-chelsea-linked-andre-villas-boas-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Porto president confirms \u00a313.1m release clause in Chelsea-linked Andre Villas-Boas&#039; contract - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Shane Farrington 24 May 2011 14:38:00 Andre Villas-Boas - FC Porto (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Porto president Pinta Da Costa has confirmed an offer of \u00a313.1 million would trigger the release clause in coach Andre Villas-Boas \u2019 contract. 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