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By Miles Chambers<\/h3>\n

24 Jun 2011 13:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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Europa League: Andre Villas-Boas, FC Porto<\/p>\n

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Andre Villas-Boas\u2019<\/a> former boss is confident the manager will win the Champions League<\/a> for Chelsea<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jose Eduardo Simoes, the president of Portuguese side Academica, gave the young coach his first management job at his side in October 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

He took the club from bottom of the league to 10 points clear of relegation and Simoes believes the 33-year-old is talented enough to bring Chelsea silverware back to Stamford Bridge after joining from Europa League winners Porto.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I could tell after our first meeting that he is a great human being, a natural leader,\u201d Simoes told BBC Sport<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He will be successful at Chelsea and in two years’ time I can certainly imagine him winning the Premier League and the Champions League.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Villas-Boas spent seven years working under Jose Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea and Inter but decided against joining the two-time Champions League winner at Real Madrid.<\/span><\/p>\n

After less than a season at Academica, he was hired by Porto \u2013 the club he supported as a child \u2013 and won four trophies in his one and only season there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although he did not stay at his club long, Simoes has fond memories of the record-breaking coach and thinks he will take his considerable talents and thrive at Chelsea.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVillas-Boas did some very good work at my club,“<\/em> he said. \u201cHe improved the players’ self-esteem and produced some quality football too – if he had been there for the entire season, we could have finished as high as fifth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe has got talent, he is a natural leader and he is very easy to work with. He communicates well, has a clear and well-structured message, he likes ‘mind-games’ and makes good use of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows what he wants and how to achieve it and he creates a positive working atmosphere around him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVillas-Boas is a different kind of leader to Mourinho, but he shares the same capacity to motivate his players. I am very proud of all the successes he has had and of the ones yet to come.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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