Andre villas-boas and jose mourinho man

Former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas says he "loved" Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho until he fell on his bad side.

Villas-Boas was Mourinho's assistant at both Porto and Chelsea, eventually pursuing his own career as a manager at Portuguese club Academica before stints in charge of the Blues and London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. 

Although Mourinho inspired Villas-Boas to turn to management himself, the former Zenit St Petersburg boss has revealed it was not for the right reasons following a bust up while the pair worked together at Inter Milan.

"In my formative moments, working with Jose was the best time of my life. I was able to lean to many things and working with him takes you to another level," Villas-Boas said at the ASPIRE4SPORT and the Aspire Academy Global Summit in Amsterdam.

"You fall in love with him and he becomes your idol.

I wanted to be like Andre Villas-Boas admits Jose Mourinho was his idol - Metro SAPON