AVB & Abramovich: Have common goals

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Blues bosses on same page

Andre Villas-Boas insists Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is confident with his management of the club and his plans for its future.

Abramovich forked out a pretty penny to bring the Portuguese tactician to West London from Porto in the offseason, yet the 33-year-old has failed to entirely live up to expectations.

Some have highlighted the Russian billionaire’s absence at Stamford Bridge this season as a sign that all is not well between the two Blues bosses.

But Villas-Boas has revealed he has the full support of the world’s 53rd richest person.

“There is great empathy and motivation for next year’s project,” said Villas-Boas, whose side travel to Everton on Saturday. “At the moment it has been very good, very positive.

“He is a good person to share knowledge with, ask questions and try to give answers regarding what I do. I think it’s legitimate, and would compare it to a normal club president/manager relationship.”

Villas-Boas added: “When we set up with this team, we believed that the team was ready for four trophies.

“We had a transfer window open when we didn’t do any market activity, apart from Gary [Cahill], so we are confident on playing still to reach the objectives that we have for this season with this team and then eventually move on to what is next year.

“Now we have a Champions League objective. We still play (for) two prestigious trophies.”