Chelsea<\/a> manager, claiming it is “an enormous gamble.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Blues announced on Wednesday that Villas-Boas had signed a three-year deal to become manager, but Souness is not convinced of his potential success in England.<\/p>\n
Speaking shortly before Chelsea’s announcement, Souness said that despite his initial success as a manager, winning the Portuguese title and the Europa League may not be as great an achievement as many believe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the hardest job in the world to win the league with Porto because Porto seem to have it well and truly sorted one way or another over there,\u201d Souness told Sky Sports News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cHaving won the Europa League, he deserves a lot of credit for that, but the Europa League is not a priority if you look at our clubs who drop out of the Champions League, so it\u2019s not a great competition to win anymore.<\/p>\n
“Winning the Champions League and the Premier League is a whole different ball-game and he\u2019ll quickly find that out.”<\/p>\n
With Villas-Boas being just 33 years-old, Souness says one of his key objectives early on will be to convince the players he has what it takes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat he\u2019s got to do immediately is get the players on side,\u201d Souness continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt 33, some of them will be older than him and he\u2019s a novice anyway you look at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a great year last year but he\u2019s a novice and I think it\u2019s an enormous gamble given that you have got someone Carlo Ancelotti who had a track record second to no-one out there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it last season was because Ancelotti made many mistakes – I would have stuck with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf someone had asked me I would have said stick with the man you\u2019ve got – you won\u2019t get better than that.”<\/p>\n
Despite Villas-Boas’ initial success in Portugal last season, Souness doubts his ability to replicate his achievments in England.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s not the be all and end all but at 33, having never played the game, he\u2019s come from a league that Porto generally win \u2013 it\u2019s a big ask,” Souness added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s only one competition to win out there in Europe and he\u2019s operating in a different sphere now \u2013 it will be a whole different ball-game for him.”<\/p>\n
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