Replacing AVB will be easy! Grant says he had it harder stepping into Jose's shoes
21.05.12
'The writing was on the wall for Villas Boas. Football is a game of results and I like to see managers given at least a year. But even after three or four months you can sense the direction in which the team is going.
'When you sign a coach you sign a philosophy. Under Mourinho the team got results. This time results were not good neither was the football and when they happen like that together there is only one outcome.'
Much criticism has been aimed at Abramovich, not least by the LMA who branded the trigger-happy Russian's regime, an embarrassment.
However Grant claims the billionaire is more a help than a hindrence, claiming the owner doesn't enjoy the haphazard hiring and firing which has become synonomous with his time in England.
He added: 'Abramovich is a manager’s dream. When he takes you on he gives you everything you want. He will spend whatever it takes on the facilities you require, he will sign whatever players he can for
Source: Daily Mail