Future News: Andre Villas-Boas reveals get rich quick scheme

Following Chelsea's 2-1 Champions League group stage loss to Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, embattled manager Andre Villas-Boas interrupted his own press conference to make shocking confession.

"I admit it," Villas-Boas said, following a question about why his team seems incapable of retaining a lead. "I only came to Chelsea for the severance package."

After paying FC Porto 13 million in compensation so they could sign Villas-Boas, Chelsea now face yet another large severance payout if owner Roman Abramovich decides to sack the 34-year-old for a series of disappointing results to start the season. Chelsea have lost consecutive matches at home for the first time in nine years and four of 12 Premier League games in total.

"Before I joined Chelsea, I was happy at Porto," the Portuguese said while squatting and scrunching his face the way he often does on the touchline during matches. "But I saw what happened to Avram Grant and Phil Scolari and Carlo Ancelotti and the eight or nine thousand other managers Chelsea have had in the last decade and I thought I could come here, sign a big contract, lose a few matches, get sacked and go home with a buttload of money. It seemed so easy."

Once he stood up and squatted back down, he continued: "But when I got here and we started struggling, I couldn't stand it. So the worst part is that these last few matches, I've actually been trying to win. These defenders are ruining everything, though. Football is weird."

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