Last month it was reported that the former head coach of Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur Andre Villas-Boas left Shanghai CIPG and intends to take a break from football by taking part in the Dakar Rally 2018.

French PSG considers Villas-Boas as an alternative to the current coach of the Unai Emery team. This is reported by Arab News.

The Portuguese is on friendly terms with the sports director Anthra Henrique, with whom they worked together in PSG.

Note that in September, for the conflict with the referee, the Portuguese coach was disqualified for eight matches of the championship of China.