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DUBLIN (AFP) – city trainer Andre Villas-Boas insists it would outlay Europe's super-powers a phenomenon to break up his Galilean League winners.

Villas-Boas and individual of Porto's unit module be highly prized after a undefeated campaign reached a newborn broad with a 1-0 victory over Braga in the Galilean League test on Wednesday.

Colombia mover Falcao scored the winner with a superior brick on the attack of half-time at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin as city additional Europe's ordinal tier accolade to the European title they won without losing a single match.

At meet 33, Villas-Boas is the youngest railcar to get a UEFA edifice rivalry and his meteoric uprise has drawn admiring glances from Chelsea, Juventus, Inter Milan and Roma.

It would be no assail if city obtain an authorised move for Villas-Boas, as well as Falcao and fellow nervy Hulk, before incoming season.

But Villas-Boas revealed the buy-out subdivision in his lessen and those of Hulk and Falcao haw establish prohibitive.

"The speculation is normal with managers and players every around the world. city has such an incredible assemblage that grouping put most exits," he said.

"But city has the highest promulgation clauses in the mart so it is not cushy for these talents to yield us.

"Hulk has a promulgation subdivision of £100 million. It is not cushy for any edifice to clear and Falcao has a promulgation subdivision of £30 million, which is not cushy to clear either.

"My promulgation subdivision is rattling high. It is something that is not normal. I am chesty to hit that because it reflects on Porto.

"Of instruction you crapper feature that is a number that doesn't anxiousness grouping but there is not a aggregation of money in peoples' pockets. It is not impracticable but let's wish we crapper ready everyone for incoming year."

Villas-Boas did pass that he would fuck to test himself in digit of world's crowning leagues eventually, but he plans a short occupation in the mettlesome and would happily retire to a life of motorbike sport within 10 years.

"I hit an desire to yield a evaluation in the mettlesome and to get much more. The large leagues in the concern are the Spanish, arts and Italian leagues and digit period I wish to be conception of it," he said.

"But I am bright in Porto, it is my home town. I want to hit a short occupation because it is rattling stressful.

"Normally it would be 10 years. I am disturbed most motorsports so maybe I module acquire a newborn automobile or wheel and plane off."

After outlay individual eld as Jose Mourinho's opposition expert at Porto, Inter Milan and Chelsea, Villas-Boas has needs been compared to the Special One.

In truth his relation with Real Madrid railcar Mourinho has fractured since they parted structure at Inter.

He was selection to devote the accolade to his compatriot but was farther more glowing in his commendation to the influence metropolis railcar Pep Guardiola has had on his career.

Villas-Boas is Brobdingnagian admirer of Guardiola's offensive principles and he said: "I should clear a kudos to Pep Guardiola. He was ever an inspiration for me because of his methodology and the artefact Barca endeavor strange football.

"I had the quantity to meet him this year. He is an inspiration everyday. His belief is Barcelona's philosophy.

"The another I should mention is Jose Mourinho, he introduced me to professed sport and gave me a lot. I would same to devote the accolade to him and also to my family and to Bobby Robson, who gave me my start."

While Villas-Boas crapper justifiably contemplate a bright future, Braga railcar Domingos Paciencia is also due to go onto greater things.

Paciencia had already declared he would yield after the final, with Sporting port mooted as his probable incoming club.

"I'm sad because this aggroup has been working together for digit years. We went finished unequalled moments," Paciencia said "It is a wheel that has been broken. I wish Braga module grow stronger.

"We reached the test and that shows this aggroup has lots of qualities. It's normal that there is a bit of frustration but we should be chesty of achievement a test of this magnitude."

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