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Paris – Andre Villas-Boas makes a bold start to his reign Marseilles The coach declaring on Wednesday that he wants to impose a "radical philosophy" on fallen French giants.
Marseille signed Tuesday a two-year contract with Villas-Boas, giving former coaches Chelsea, Tottenham, Porto and Zenith St. Petersburg the opportunity to revive the fate of a club that still has dropped this season.
The 1993 European champions failed to qualify for European football next season after being ranked fifth in Ligue 1 despite a team composed of Italian striker Mario Balotelli and French international Florian Thauvin.
"There will be victories, defeats and we will have trouble qualifying for the Champions League, but we have the ability to do so," said Villas-Boas at its first press conference.
"I'm going to give my life to put Marseille back to its best, I'll let the results speak but I'm confident because this team can do it."
The former protégé of Jose Mourinho admitted that he tended to want to "control everything" and said "a little obsessed with the organizational side of things," but he stressed that he wanted his players to play with a smile. .
"My philosophy is to be radical but we have to find a balance, based on this culture of technical excellence of French football, but mix it up with speed and creativity," he said.
Villas-Boas was the badistant of Mourinho in Porto and became the youngest coach to win a UEFA competition, thus winning the Europa League trophy.
A move to the Premier League and Chelsea followed, but he was sacked after only seven months and then took over at Tottenham.
After 18 months spent at the Spurs, Villas-Boas resurfaced at the St. Petersburg Zenith in 2014, winning the title and the Russian Premier League Cup over a period of two years.
A stormy period in Shanghai SIPG followed before a period out of football during which he took part in last year's Dakar Rally, retiring injured after an untimely fall.
Villas-Boas said it was possible that the former Portuguese defender, Ricardo Carvalho, would become his badistant in the Marseille coaching team.
Carvalho played in Monaco's Ligue 1 club from 2013 to 2016.
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