Villas-Boas was confirmed as Chelsea boss on Wednesday morning on a three-year contract after the west Londoners agreed to pay a reported £13.3million to release him from his Porto contract.
It was a large sum of money put forward from Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich for the 33-year-old Portuguese, who has earned a burgeoning reputation after leading Porto to domestic and European success last term.
Given those circumstances obvious parallels have been drawn with Jose Mourinho's appointment at Chelsea seven seasons ago.
However unlike his countryman, who famously labelled himself as the 'Special One' upon his arrival in England, Villas-Boas has used his first interview to tell fans that any success under his stewardship will be down to the club rather than him alone.
"Don't expect something from one man," he told Chelsea TV.
"Expect us to create a group dynamic of everybody getting together, with the fans getting together, with people getting excited with the motivation that is in and around us.
"In the new way of communicating and the new leadership - this is the most important thing.
"It is not about my arrival. It is about the continuous success of this club."
I think these are positive times for Chelsea and although I don't believe Ancelotti should have been sacked I feel that they have brought in the right type of manager who will bring fresh ideas and opinions. I am happy to hear that he is not just a younger Jose Mourinho and will do his own thing at the club and not try and mirror the actions of the 'special one'. I look forward to seeing who he wants to bring in and the transfers he will want to push through.
Rumours involving Chelsea today include Barcalona putting in a £27.5million bid for David Luiz and possibly Falcao following the gaffer to Stamford Bridge.
Good Luck him next season., He's gonna need it.
Matt Cooper
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