Alex On AVB Leaving Chelsea

Roman Abramovich has been accused of being panicked into sacking Andre Villas-Boas.

Chelsea's billionaire Russian owner was spooked into the move by the rise of London rivals Tottenham and the growing power of Manchester City, according to ex-Blues defender Alex.

Villas-Boas - ironically appointed as Spurs boss earlier this month - was sacked in March, less than a year after Abramovich triggered a £13million release clause to sign him from Porto.

Now, Alex – who played for AVB at Stamford Bridge before moving to Paris Saint-Germain in January – has revealed the extent of the pressure the Portuguese was under in west London.

The centre-back said: “We [at PSG] certainly aren’t under the same amount of pressure.

“Mr Abramovich never hesitated to show up and demand more effort – there were several team meetings.

“We’ve met representatives of the owners, but the relationship at PSG is definitely less intense."
Although he slipped down the pecking order behind David Luiz and then January signing Gary Cahill under Villas-Boas, Alex believes Abramovich should have shown more patience with the 34-year-old.

He told Champions magazine: “Andre should have been given more time.

“After all, the club spent a lot of money getting him from Porto and needed to take into account that there was a new manager with new players to settle in.

“Everybody [at Chelsea] was starting to look over their shoulders because Manchester City had arrived in the top four and Spurs were catching up."

I think Alex's comments here are very relevant & shows how Chelsea are run. It looks like Abramovich interferes a lot & even holds team meetings demanding more effort.

This really gives credence to the claims that AVB was not given either the time nor the support that he deserved from Abramovich.