ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS was finally sacked by Chelsea yesterday after a disastrous eight months in charge at Stamford Bridge.Now owner Roman Abramovich is counting the £50million cost of AVB's managerial reign.
And that makes the young Portuguese chief, 34, a more expensive flop than goal-shy striker Fernando Torres as the search for the club's EIGHTH boss in EIGHT years gets underway.
AVB was axed after taking training yesterday with his assistant Roberto Di Matteo named as interim coach.
It was only last June that Abramovich stumped up £13.3m in compensation to buy out Villas-Boas' contract with Porto.
He had already spent more than £10m paying off former boss Carlo Ancelotti and his coaching staff.
But AVB was just 36 weeks into a three-year deal worth £90,000-a-week, pocketing £3.5m for 40 games.
Abramovich will have to fork out a further £11m just to get rid of the Portuguese failure.
Add on the price of recruiting yet another superstar manager and the total cost of Villas-Boas will soar way beyond the £50m spent on record-signing Torres last year.
Chelsea, beaten 1-0 at West Brom on Saturday, have suffered their worst start to a season since 2001.
There has been unrest in the dressing room with players unhappy at AVB's team selections.
Ashley Cole was fuming after being dropped to the bench for the Champions League first-leg tie with Napoli, which the Blues lost 3-1.
A statement on the club website yesterday read: "Andre Villas-Boas has parted company with Chelsea FC.
"The board would like to record our gratitude for his work and express our disappointment that the relationship has ended so early.
"Unfortunately, the results and performances of the team have not been good enough and were showing no signs of improving at a key time in the season."
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