Celtic have made ‘contact and sounded out’ Andre Villas-Boas
Celtic officials have made contact with Andre Villas-Boas to gauge his interest in potentially taking over as the club’s manager, according to journalist Duncan Castles, host of ‘The Transfer Window Podcast’.
As reported, Castles said that the Hoops have been in touch with the representatives of the Portuguese manager although it’s still unclear if he’d be interested in the job as he has his eyes set on managing in another Asian country after his recent stint in China.
I understand there has been contact and a sounding out but perhaps the fly in the ointment for Celtic is the breadth of Villas-Boas’ ambitions because one of the countries he would like to work in is Japan and I think if he was presented with the opportunity to move to a J-League club, and there has already been some interest, he would favour that ahead of Celtic at this stage of his career.
Castles went on to explain the recent quotes made by Villas-Boas’ camp and who exactly made them.
The person who’s been quoted and described as Villas-Boas’ agent is an individual called Jean-Paul Lares. He isn’t Villas-Boas’ agent, he’s a press officer who works for the agent, Carlos Goncalves, who is a very prominent operator in the Portuguese market with a high level of client. When you look at the actual quote of “André will not be working in Scotland in the foreseeable future and will not be available for comment.”, it’s one of those you get from a press officer looking to deflect attention away from the story because ‘foreseeable future’ can mean anything. I’d ignore that. What’s important are the decisions Villas-Boas himself makes alongside his actual agent Carlos Goncalves.
Whether AVB is keen on Celtic remains to be seen but it looks like there is some interest in him from the Scottish champions.