Andre Villas-Boas has insisted that he is not interested in returning to England to coach.
The former Chelsea and Tottenham manager, has been mooted as a possible replacement for Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers, but he has ruled that out.
“I’m not the least interested in this. Returning to England is definitely not in my plans,” Villas-Boas told Portuguese TV channel, TVI.
“I liked coaching in England, it was a positive experience, but negative things also happened.”
The 37-year-old left Spurs in December 2013, after a 5-0 defeat at home to Liverpool, but says he was not sacked by the North London club.
“Tottenham set a points and victories record in my first season, and missed out on the Champions League by one point and had a great run in the Europa League,” Villas-Boas said.
“In the second season, at the time I left we had more points than in the previous season. I ended up leaving by mutual agreement – it wasn’t a sacking – because I gave full support to the football director Franco Baldini who meanwhile had other ambitions, meaning that I ended up with players that did not fit the profile I wanted.
“The chairman proposed a challenge to increase Tottenham’s competitive level, but immediately [Luka] Modric left and we didn’t get any of the targets I had identified, such as Joao Moutinho, Willian, Oscar or Leandro Damiao. These were promises that were not kept. I had a group of players I had not chosen.”
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