Andre Villas Boas Says Mourinho's Sacking "Quite Incredible"

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Andre Villas-Boas, has mocked former Chelsea manager, Jose Mourino, saying it is "quite incredible" he could be sacked.

The former Real Madrid manager was sacked last December for the second time by by chairman Roman Abramovich after a miserable first half to the 2015-16 Premier League campaign.

And countryman Villas-Boas, who was assistant coach to Mourinho at Porto and Inter before opting to go on his own, was fired by the Russian in 2012 and he says he was surprised by the abrupt end to the reign of the man he called Chelsea’s "dearest coach".

"It’s been quite incredible to see that being sacked was applied to everybody," he told beIN Sports. 

"It was applied to probably their dearest coach, their most successful coach, so in the end we have seen nothing different.

"Roman has sacked basically every coach that he’s had. It’s no different. It happened even to the best.

"The same criteria that he has applied to me, for Rafa Benítez, for all the other coaches, Ancelotti, he’s applied to Jose as well."