Source: Team_Talk
AVB: I'm no Mourinho clone
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has distanced himself from comparisons to Jose Mourinho, insisting he is "not a clone"[LNB] Villas-Boas, a compatriot of Mourinho and former colleague at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan, took charge of the Stamford Bridge club last week.[LNB]At just 33, The Portuguese becomes the youngest manager in the Premier League and is tipped for a bright future, having been guided by both Bobby Robson and Mourinho.[LNB]However, Villas-Boas says the link to Real Madrid boss Mourinho stops there and insists he is his own man with his own style ahead of his debut campaign in English football.[LNB]"I am linked with Jose because we worked together, but I don't go out of my way to talk about it," he told The Sunday Mirror.[LNB]"We are different people, have different personalities and different views on the game.[LNB]"I respect Jose, but I'm not a clone. I work of my own accord. I don't want to work with restraints or worry what Jose thinks."
