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• Roman Abramovich is considering about € 15 million release fee from Porto
• Chelsea hope, new manager \ name 'in the next few days'

Andr? Villas-Boas has emerged as a prime candidate to be the Chelsea manager, with Roman Abramovich, the owner, to consider whether the cost of € 15 million (? 13.2 million) release clause in the shipping coach.

After Chelsea released a statement that they appoint to succeed Carlo Ancelotti in the coming days, said a key advisor to Abramovich: "Villas-Boas is definitely a candidate for the talks are still underway to see who replaces Ancelotti \ .. "

Reports in Portugal suggested that the 33-year-old has already Porto informed of his decision to leave for Chelsea and that he take charge in the immediate future, with Villas-Boas earn ? 5 million per season salary in the vicinity of what Jose Mourinho earned during his tenure at the west London club. A newspaper, corn Futebol, claimed that Porto will officially announce that Villas-Boas, once leaving Chelsea to pay the € 15 million release clause.

Chelsea have also been in negotiations with Guus Hiddink about the Dutchman returning to the club he briefly managed in 2009, considering him for either the coach's job or the sporting director role – should he take on the latter then there would also be room for Villas-Boas to take a position at the club. "Roman definitely likes Guus and Guus has a strong interest in Chelsea," the adviser added.

"My future, as you know, is completely linked to Porto. I do not know of any official interest from other clubs. The speculation is normal with managers and players around the world," he said then. But the lure of managing one of Europe's elite clubs, with the prospect of having access to a budget from Abramovich that offers a real chance of winning the Premier League and Champions League may prove difficult to turn down.