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Marseille held talks with Andre Villas-Boas about becoming their new boss

By Patrick Haond

Thursday 20 March 2014 13:00, UK

Andre Villas-Boas: New Zenit manager was close to Marseille job
Image: Andre Villas-Boas: New Zenit manager was close to Marseille job

Marseille chairman Vincent Labrune has confirmed that they were close to agreeing a deal with Andre Villas-Boas before he took charge of Zenit St Petersburg.

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