Andre Villas-Boas: 5 Clubs That Could Give Him A Route Back Into Management

5. West Bromwich Albion

Like Tottenham, West Brom are looking for a new head coach after dispensing with the services of Steve Clarke over the weekend. It's true that this role would be a step down from the European contenders AVB has been managing, but he may well need to take on a club of Albion's standing to repair his reputation in England. The sight of Villas-Boas in The Hawthorns dugout is a remote one according to the bookmakers, however. He is a 25/1 outsider to become the new Baggies boss way behind market leaders Gianfranco Zola, Martin Jol, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Di Matteo. Whatever you make of Clarke's sacking and the alarming stats recorded by West Brom in this calendar year, taking the job on of saving this club looks to be an easy way to restore some of the creditably AVB has lost. Baggies chairman Jeremy Peace may be fearful of the drop since Albion slipped two a couple of points and places above the relegation zone, but there are far worse sides in the division. Resurfacing as Albion's head coach would show Villas-Boas in a new light, perhaps indicating that his spells at Chelsea and Spurs have humbled him.