Four successful managers who struggled at Premier League Clubs 

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Mourinho is having a tough time at Manchester United

#3 Andre Villas-Boas- Chelsea

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Villas-Boas failed to live up to expectations at Chelsea

Andre Villas-Boas arrived at Chelsea in 2011 with a lot of expectations. The Portuguese manager had lost only 4 of his 58 games during his run the previous season at Porto, but as he quickly discovered, managing in the Premier League is a lot harder than managing in Portugal.

Villas-Boas has a fairly impressive Summer in the transfer market at the club, securing the services of Juan Mata and Thibaut Courtois, with the latter being immediately loaned out to Athletico Madrid.

Things started fairly strong for Boas, but by the middle of November, he had already lost six games as Chelsea manager, two more than he had managed in his previous season at Porto.

During December, both Nicholas Anelka and Alex were transfer listed by the club and banned from training with the first team following transfer requests being handed in by the players.

The start of 2012 was a rough ride for Villas-Boas, and the club eventually let the former Porto go in March, with Roberto Di Matteo being brought in as his replacement until the end of the season.

Chelsea would go on to have their greatest ever achievement under the leadership of Di Matteo, with the club defeating Bayern Munich on penalties to win their first ever Champions League trophy.

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