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Andr? Villas-Boas, it is "\ societal role models," the ambitious goal of transforming Chelsea 's the players in \, as he tries to revive his authority to stamp on powerful figures in the team and the club again after the least successful season of the Roman Abramovich era.

Chelsea \ Seventh manager during the oligarch 's eight years of ownership must be recognized it early on to win silverware in his time in office, when to see it, its ? 4.5 mA-year contract that runs until 2013. Much will depend on the 33-year-old 's ability to make the most of older players in the club, some of which are almost as old as the Portuguese, and worked with him in his former capacity as a scout opposition from eke.

Discontent within the dressing room has been instrumental in Luiz Felipe Scolari 's departure abrupt at Stamford Bridge two years ago, during the Brazilian' s reputation was established as a World Cup-winning trainer, Villas-Boas confident that he will be situation, his thoughts on the set-up at Chelsea despite boasting only 20 to impose - but highly successful - and months as manager of Porto Acad?mica.

"Most of them are experienced and have grown to think that talent is just talent, but we think there is something extra we can get out of them: by freeing them up and focusing on ambition and motivation. I have spoken already to a couple of the players on the phone and they told me this is like a fresh new start."

He suggested, too, that Porto had been willing to better the financial package on offer from Chelsea to retain him last week. His eventual departure provoked a furious reaction in his home town, with supporters dismayed that apparent pledges of loyalty after a treble-winning first season at Porto gave way to pure ambition. "There's nothing I can say that will ease the fans' sense of betrayal, but this was a challenge I had to take," he said. Now he expects to be given the chance to thrive in London and will be hands-on in all aspects of the club.