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Former Chelsea boss Grant: 'Roman has more patience now'

Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant believes current boss Andre Villas-Boas can relax as owner Roman Abramovich has more patience these days.

The Russian billionaire has a habit of prematurely sacking managers who do not bring him the trophies he wants but Grant, who was given the flick in 2008, is of the belief that under-fire Villas-Boas will be given more time to succeed by a calmer Abramovich.

"My advice to Andre is to do his job and try to win games," Grant told talkSPORT.

"What will happen will happen. In the old times, Roman didn't have so much patience.

"Now, I think he learned something and he has patience - I don't know for how long.

"It's more important for a manager to know that we are in a job where any day could be your last day."

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