I made a post quite a while back really playing up Andre Villas-Boas. He is a phenomenal manager from what we've seen of him so far and he's definitely got a bright future. And now, he's joined Chelsea. If I'm honest here, I'm quite worried. Not about him joining Chelsea, but more about Arsenal's prospects of winning the Premier League next year, with Man City and Chelsea being the favourites (I think Man Utd will have to rebuild next season after Van der Sar and Scholes retiring).
Villas-Boas I think is the best choice Roman Abramovich could have made. There were many managers out there, including Benitez, who would have potentially worked well with Torres but Villas-Boas, as I said in my original post on Villas-Boas, is the future. He also has the great advantage of having worked at Chelsea before, so he should know the place quite thoroughly.
The one problem Villas-Boas will have though is building a decent squad. I'm sorry, but when you resort to playing an ageing Nicolas Anelka up front along with Salomon Kalou, you know your squad requires some big changes. Even Villas-Boas himself admits that without good players, it would not have been the same story, going as far as saying that he would have been in a "shithole" (for the full interview, which was from a few months ago, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU409a0XQNA).
Villas-Boas is also great because he speaks fluent English. Other foreign managers might have problems communicating, but Villas-Boas will definitely get the message across and Chelsea will, I think, definitely improve. As an Arsenal fan, I really will be worried when facing Chelsea for the first time.
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