Over the coming weeks Villas-Boas will attempt to shape Chelsea to his own design which, while in some respects influenced by Mourinho, will ultimately come to resemble more closely Guardiola's Barça.
Over the coming days and weeks Villas-Boas will attempt to shape Chelsea to his own design which, while in some respects influenced by Mourinho, will ultimately come to more closely resemble the great Barcelona side of Guardiola.
Similarly, are we truly convinced that David Cameron prefers to be in Cornwall than in, say, a £10k a week villa in Tuscany?
People who cannot afford a £10k-a-week villa deserve to see those in public office being rained on while pretending to enjoy a Cornetto.
Corsican Places (01903 748180) has reduced the cost of one-week villa breaks by up to £200 for departures on 20 May.
The Camerons are paying £5,800 as their share of the €11,000-a-week villa, but they will travel to Italy on a budget airline to fit in with the political age of austerity.
Out went the all-night bacchanalias that ended with nude joyrides through town; in came the $1,000 hotel suite and the $10,000-per-week villa with optional private chef.
Subsequently, all but one of the 1,000-strong 1,000-strongired or deserted, and force were Villa and his bodyguards were the only police.
MUSTIQUE Don't let the $50,000-a-week villas deter you.
Alex McLeish, the Birmingham manager, would happily trade the moral high ground of being the better team for a second supposedly undeserved victory in the space of six weeks over Villa.
