Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has revealed that he has no regrets about snubbing the Paris Saint Germain job this summer and insists that he is happy that he stayed at White Hart Lane.
The Portuguese-man was approached by the mega-rich French side after they lost Carlo Ancelotti to Real Madrid, but luckily for Spurs, the former-Chelsea and Porto boss turned the offer down.
Since that rejection, Boas has guided Tottenham to second in the Premier League and he admits that snubbing PSG was the right thing to do.
“PSG? I have a very good relationship with chairman Nasser al-Khelaifi, I talk regularly with him,” Villas-Boas told French daily L’Equipe.
“With Nasser we have mutual respect. The fact PSG contacted me was known but I wanted to stay a second season at Tottenham, building on the job I did last season and spending two seasons in the same club for the first time in my career.”
“The club listened to me on several decisions, notably hiring sport director Franco Baldini. I wanted to go on with the project here,” he continued.
“I was attracted by the PSG project, indeed I believe PSG is attractive.
“If other people like the way you coach, it is flattering – but Tottenham is a very great club. PSG is experiencing structure change that Tottenham has already done. Tottenham is one step ahead.
“Considering the last two years of investments at PSG, the ambition is to win the Champions League, our ambition is be in it.”
“Did I receive a concrete offer from PSG? We never reached that step in our talks,” he said.
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt
