Tottenham makes official the dismissal of Villas-Boas

Tottenham announced the dismissal of Portuguese coach Andre Villas- Boas, a day after the 0-5 defeat at White Hart Lane against Liverpool.

Villas- Boas, 36, took over the bench of the "spurs " in July 2012 , five months after his departure from Chelsea, and had signed a three-year contract .

The Portuguese left Tottenham in seventh place in the Premier League with 27 points, four of access to European markets , marking the Everton , Arsenal and eight , which is a leader .

" The club can announce that it has reached an agreement with the coach , André Villas- Boas, to dispense with his services. Decision was made by mutual agreement and in the interest of all parties ," the director " Spur " on its website .

In the brief statement , Tottenham extécnico wishes her " the best for the future" and anticipates that made ​​" another announcement in due course ."

After the painful defeat at home to Liverpool , the straw that broke the camel after 6-0 wins last month against Manchester City, Villas- Boas had insisted he would not resign .

"I'm not the one who has to make that decision, because obviously not resign and I am not a coward. All I can do is work hard with the players to encarrilarlo " said yesterday the Portuguese.

In your opinion, Tottenham should be among the top four teams from the "Premier" , but acknowledged that his form has not allowed .

The " Spur " directive had high hopes for this season after the signing of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid, for which he received a hundred million euros invested in the purchase of seven new players , including Spanish striker Roberto Soldado.

The results , however , have not been expected at this stage of competition , especially at the household level, as in the Europa League has qualified for the playoffs after a perfect record in the group stage , scoring 15 goals and conceding only two .

Vilas -Boas also averaged 1.83 points per game in the " Premier ", the best ratio of all the coaches who have been through White Hart Lane since the foundation of the Premier League in 1992.

In 2010, with just 33, Villas- Boas took charge of Porto, with whom he won the league and cup in Portugal and the Europa League in 2011 after winning the final in Dublin Sporting Braga with a goal of Colombian Radamel Falcao .

Disciple of José Mourinho and Bobby Robson , the young trainer was released in England in 2011 with a big as Chelsea, where , however , also was fired the following year for poor performance .