Andre Villas-Boas was sacked by Roman Abramovich because he failed.
He failed to win enough games, he failed to get anywhere close to the title - 20 points behind leaders Manchester City.
He’s failed to keep pace with the leaders. He failed to bring the players along with him. He failed to explain what he meant by his “project”.
In short, the 34-year-old failed to be Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea appointed the former Porto boss on June 22, 2011.
It cost Abramovich, £13m to activate a get-out clause with the Portuguese club.
Let’s not forget, AVB as he became known to all did win silverware for the Blues.
Yep, the lovely pre-season Barclays Asia Trophy is sitting alongside the Premier League titles won by Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.
His first league game saw an uninspired -0- draw up at might Stoke City. Ironically, his first league win was against West Bromwich Albion at the Bridge – his last game against the very same side in yesterday’s 1-0 defeat.
He oversaw 27 league games, which resulted in 13 wins, seven defeats and seven defeats.
Forty six points achieved with a goal difference of plus 15.
In total, Villas-Boas had played 40 matches, 19 wins, 11, draws, 10 defeats...
They scored 69 goals and conceded 43, with a win ratio of just 47.5 per cent.
AVB leaves SW6 with the Blues sitting in fifth place in the Premier league. They face Birmingham City in an FA Cup replay on Tuesday and trail Napoli after the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage.
Villas-Boas never played professional football, instead went down the coaching route an early stage.
As well as managing the Blues and Porto he also managed the British Virgin Island between 2000, and 2001 before taking on Portugal side Academica in 2009 for a year.
Then came his big break at Porto before his move in the summer to London.