OM did not respect its agreement agreed a few months earlier with André Villas-Boas: to be on the same wavelength before welcoming any player during the transfer window. Which was not the case in the Olivier Ntcham case. Result ? The Portuguese coach respected his line of conduct and therefore left of his own accord.
Andre Villas–Boas was elected president of FC Porto last May, three years after his surprise departure from theABOUT where he worked as a coach until the Marseille management completed a transfer that he did not want: Olivier Ntcham. Marseille Olympic recorded, without the approval of the Portuguese coach, the arrival of the Cameroonian midfielder led to the departure of Villas–Boasa year and a half after his arrival.
“On values, I am implacable”
“One of the things that we had made sacred between us was that the decision to take a player had to be validated by all parties. I was not informed of the arrival and I had already said no for this player (Olivier Ntcham). That's why I submitted my resignation. Which later became a suspension. Which later became an agreement between the two parties (smiles). (…) Yes, we must be emotional, we must be rational too. But, on values, I am implacable. And then I can be aggressive in decision making. For example, with this sudden resignation despite all the sadness I felt.” stated Villas–Boas has The Team.
“I could not care** and stay there, wait to see the results with Ntcham or without Ntcham”
Pour The Team, Andre Villas–Boas assured that he was not going to go against his principles and that as at the time of his passage to Shanghaiit was time to pack up. “I could not care** and stay there, wait to see the results with Ntcham or without Ntcham. But I did the same thing when I left Shanghai (2016-2017) because I saw that the Championship was not clean at that time. I said: that’s not for me. And I had activated a clause to leave.”
