Villas Boas was fired after less than a season as his players refused to follow his ideas.

"I respect the decision of the owner of Chelsea but I will never accept it," Villas-Boas said. "I told him that for me, it was him quitting on me when he had been so much involved at the beginning in bringing me in [from Porto] and he was also [the one] who was not putting up to the things that he promised. What reason did he give to me? I'm not sure if I can make it public but the reasons don't go along or can't be applied to the fact that I was dismissed."