Andre Villas-Boas has given some insight into his relationship with former mentor Jose Mourinho.
Villas-Boas, 38, worked under his fellow Portuguese at FC Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan before a bust-up saw him try his hand at a senior coaching role but not for the right reasons.
The former Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Zenit Saint Petersburg manager revealed that he wanted to be exactly like Mourinho during his early coaching days before he got on the bad side of the Manchester United boss.
"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 him, know everything that he knew and absorb all the information he was giving.
"Then you fall on the wrong side of Jose and that's when things change and you realise that you've been blinded by someone. He has this fascinating capability of getting the best out of you, which has good or bad consequences for people.
"My consequences were that as a result of the argument or disagreement we had, I started my coaching career."