{"id":444777,"date":"2011-06-21T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/21\/chelsea-set-to-pay-13-2m-release-clause-for-andre-villas-boas-as-he-takes-porto-backroom-staff-with-him-to-stamford-bridge-report\/"},"modified":"2011-06-21T08:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T08:05:00","slug":"chelsea-set-to-pay-13-2m-release-clause-for-andre-villas-boas-as-he-takes-porto-backroom-staff-with-him-to-stamford-bridge-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/21\/chelsea-set-to-pay-13-2m-release-clause-for-andre-villas-boas-as-he-takes-porto-backroom-staff-with-him-to-stamford-bridge-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea set to pay \u00a313.2m release clause for Andre Villas-Boas as he takes Porto backroom staff with him to Stamford Bridge &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>21 Jun 2011 09:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.0635193133\">\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=\"19.222614841\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> are prepared to meet the \u00a313.2 million release clause in the contract of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/portugal\/292\/porto\">Porto<\/a> coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/43211\/andr%C3%A9-villas-boas\">Andre Villas-Boas<\/a>, according to <em>Jornal de Noticias<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have been without a manager since the dismissal of Carlo Ancelotti on the final day of last season, but Villas-Boas emerged as the leading contender to replace the Italian on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite reports suggesting the coach had already flew to London to discuss the move, he is believed to be ready to hold talks with Chelsea on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Villas-Boas will take his own backroom staff to Stamford Bridge, with physical trainer Jose Mario Rocha and opponent observer Daniel Sousa set to join him from Porto.<\/p>\n<p>The move would see Villas-Boas returning to the London side, having been a scout for the club under Jose Mourinho.<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/21\/2541181\/chelsea-set-to-pay-132m-release-clause-for-andre-villas-boas\" title=\"Chelsea set to pay \u00a313.2m release clause for Andre Villas-Boas as he takes Porto backroom staff with him to Stamford Bridge - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea set to pay \u00a313.2m release clause for Andre Villas-Boas as he takes Porto backroom staff with him to Stamford Bridge &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 Jun 2011 09:05:00 Andre Villas-Boas &#8211; FC Porto (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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