At just 33, Villas-Boas is a novice in the managerial game but his achievements in his short spell at Porto – during which he won the Portuguese league and the Europa league – have made him the in vogue manager of European football.
Abramovich will have told Villas-Boas what is expected of him. That is Champions League glory, the tycoon's obsession that Ancelotti, Guus Hiddink, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Avram Grant, Jose Mourinho and Claudio Ranieri have all failed to deliver in the last eight years.
To get there, Abramovich is willing to provide all his financial muscle, with reports suggesting the club's summer transfer budget could be as high as £100m.
Just like Mourinho, the original Special One and his former boss, Villas-Boas is renowned within the game for his incredible attention to detail and his expertise when scouting both opponents and potential recruits.
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If the leaked scouting report he produced for Mourinho in 2005 is anything to go by, Villas-Boas will have plenty of opinions when he sits down to discuss transfer targets with his new employers.
After all, Chelsea have spent several weeks chasing the likes of Tottenham playmaker Luka Modric, for whom they have made a £22m bid, calling into question who has been calling the shots over transfer policy at the west London club.
It was considered that Hiddink, the initial first choice to take over from Ancelotti, had identified the targets, but the Dutchman now appears to be unlikely to re-join the club even as a director of football.
The immediate question is what Villas-Boas' appointment will mean for Chelsea's long-term targets such as Romelu Lukaku and Neymar.
Lukaku, the 18-year-old Belgian prodigy currently playing at Anderlecht, has been heavily linked with the Blues for the last two years and touted as a long-term replacement for his idol, Didier Drogba.
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