Andre Villas-Boas has defended his original departure from Porto for Chelsea.
AVB is standing for the Porto presidential elections.
On his departure, AVB - referring to himself in the third person - said: “There are three people who know the truth about my departure: Mr. Pinto da Costa, Mr. Antero and André Villas-Boas. And there are three people who knew that André Villas-Boas was fighting with interested clubs to get them to pay the €15 million clause.
"André Villas-Boas received half of what the highest paid coach in Portugal earns for Chelsea. He received little more than what the coach of the team that was 21 points behind FC Porto in 2010/11 earned. Before talking about Chelsea coach André Villas-Boas, you need to have full knowledge of the universe of his departure and not believe in certain things that only a few people are willing to say.
"The wound suffered by André Villas-Boas, the FC Porto coach who left for Chelsea, for some fans is irreparable. Other fans have already forgotten that wound and it has already healed. And these are the ones who now welcome André Villas-Boas with open arms. There are others who cannot overcome."
