Andre Villas-Boas eager to build on Carlo Ancelotti’s legacy at Chelsea

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Andre Villas-Boas insists that his job is to try and build on the work which Carlo Ancelotti did during his days at Chelsea.

The Italian boss was asked to leave after a trophyless season, despite having won a league and FA Cup double the previous season.

Now the former Porto coach has been installed as manager, after the Blues paid off a £13.2 million release clause to tie down the young Portuguese manager on a three-year deal.

“You can’t avoid the things Carlo has left for this club – important things,” Villas-Boas said, according to Sky Sports.

“We want to continue building from where he left.”

The new boss also maintained that he has settled down quickly, insisting that he already knows some of the players at the west London outfit.

But he did, however, admit that his style of management will have to change, as the Premier League is very different from the kind of football that is played in Portugal or Spain.

“Most of the people who are here are people I know, which is a big advantage,” he said.

“The players I know, the relationship I had with them. The relationship also of pride for what they have done and for what I’ve achieved with my technical staff and players – this is all coming together for the motivation we need for next season to win again.

“But there is no running away from the culture of English football. You have to respect it and you have to respect this game generates a lot of passion and a game that runs at extreme speeds.

“It is different from La Liga and the Portuguese league, where you tend to look at things more calmly.

“We just want to introduce our philosophy and mould it into what is the culture of English players.”