Football Talk - Villas-Boas outlines vision for Chelsea
Andre Villas-Boas has outlined his management approach as he was unveiled as Chelsea's new manager. The Portuguese coach has accepted comparisons with Jose Mourinho are inevitable, but says his regime will not be a one-man show.
Villas-Boas, 33, worked under Mourinho during his Chelsea reign and then followed his compatriot to Inter, before then going it alone and emulating his former boss by guiding Porto to European and domestic glory.
"I think there is no way you can avoid comparison, it is something that is the interest of the media. I didn't take the Porto job nor the Chelsea job because Jose made the same steps," said Villas-Boas.
"They are two of the most sought-after clubs in the world and in the end I had the opportunity and was able to make them find something in me that they thought would continue their route to success.
"Coaching was not a kind of obsession and neither did I use Jose as the way to arrive into this path, it was something that happened naturally. The main important thing that people have to reflect on is that I don't see the game as a one-man show, I see the game as the getting together of ideas and collective ideas and good players," he told the club's official website. 
Villas-Boas admits the club will have to consider their options in the transfer market. However, he has stressed that his priority is to retain the core of the squad he inherited from Carlo Ancelotti.
"I think it is something that is normal for any club to have a look into the market, but it is also normal to respect the things we have and the quality of players we have," he explained.
"So there will be no radical changes. We need to absorb things, respect our winning past and try to focus on 2011/12 as a year when we can continue to win."
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