Forgotten former Chelsea manager banished two Premier League-winning heroes to train on their own ‘to make a statement’

A FORGOTTEN erstwhile Chelsea manager banished 2 Premier League winners to bid connected their ain "to marque a statement".

The Blues person won 5 league titles successful the past 20 years.

That included pipping Manchester United by conscionable 1 constituent nether Carlo Ancelotti successful the 2009-10 campaign.

However, conscionable a twelvemonth later, a caller manager came successful up of the 2011-12 season.

And helium ditched 2 of the title-winning squad successful a daze and unpopular move.

Former Chelsea defender Carl Magnay - who won a declaration with the Blues aft winning Sky TV amusement Football Icon successful 2007 - revealed Andre Villas-Boas' bizarre approach.

He told the Chronicle Live: "Andre Villas-Boas tried to alteration things rather drastically.

"The likes of Nicolas Anelka and Alex - helium banished them and they had to bid connected their own.

"He was trying to marque excessively overmuch of a connection to elder world-class players and it didn't spell down precise well.

"I was capable to spot antithetic dynamics, antithetic world-class coaches.

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"I knew that erstwhile I'd yet measurement into coaching I'd revisit those approaches and gauge which is the champion 1 to spell with."

Villas-Boas arrived astatine Stamford Bridge successful 2011 aged conscionable 33 - younger than immoderate of the elder players successful his squad.

However, alternatively than bide his time, helium tried to marque his people instantly with the determination to exile Anelka and Alex.

By December, some players had formally submitted transportation requests - with Villas-Boas unfastened to the brace leaving.

And they duly did truthful successful the January transportation model - conscionable 2 months earlier Villas-Boas himself got the sack aft little than a twelvemonth successful charge.

Centre-back Alex joined Paris Saint-Germain portion Anelka headed to China, turning down PSG to motion for Shanghai Shenhua.

Magnay, 35, worked nether Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luis Filipe Scolari, Guus Hiddink, Ancelotti and Villas-Boas during his 4 years astatine Chelsea.

However, helium did not marque a azygous first-team quality for the nine arsenic injuries took their toll, including wrecking his genu during a reserve-team lucifer against Charlton successful 2010.

After loans to MK Dons and Northampton, helium spent the remainder of his vocation successful League Two and non-league football, retiring successful November 2023 aft different ACL wounded the erstwhile month.

He has present stepped into coaching.

Villas-Boas, meanwhile, has stepped distant from the grooming pitches and dugouts following spells astatine Tottenham, Tottenham, Zenit, Shanghai Port and Marseille to become the president of FC Porto.