Andre Villas-Boas rules out England return after disasterous spells with Chelsea and Tottenham

The 38-year-old has announced his intention to depart Zenit St Petersburg at the end of the season

Andre Villas-Boas on the sidelines for Zenit (Getty)

Former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager André Villas-Boas has ruled out a return to the Premier League, saying his spell in England “didn’t turn out as expected.”

The 38-year-old has announced his intention to depart Zenit St Petersburg at the end of the season but Villas-Boas, who has been linked with Aston Villa and Swansea City, insists he will turn down offers from England after being sacked twice in just two years.

Speaking after the 1-0 defeat to Benfica in the Champions League round-of-16 first leg clash at the Estádio da Luz last night, he told BT Sport: “No I think my time has been done there. It didn't go as well as I expected, apart from the first year at Tottenham, so I will look forward to trying other leagues.”

Pushed on where he believes he may end up, Villas-Boas added: “I don’t know, hopefully something good.”

The Porto-born coach was dismissed after just 10 months in charge at Stamford Bridge despite signing a three-year contract the previous summer. The Blues paid a world-record £13.3m compensation package to release him from his deal with Porto in 2011 but was deemed surplus to requirements as dressing room fractures began to appear.

A move across the capital soon followed where he led Tottenham to fifth in the Premier League, one point adrift of the European qualification places, before a 6-0 defeat to Manchester City and a 5-0 reverse to Liverpool signalled the end of his time at White Hart Lane the following campaign.

Villas-Boas has since lifted two Russian titles with Zenit but things took another turn for the worse when he was banned for six matches for assaulting a match official on the sidelines. His managerial honours include the Portuguese Primeira Liga and a Europa League triumph five years ago.

The St Petersburg outfit currently sit sixth in their domestic league but eased through to the knock-out rounds of the Champions League with five wins in six group stage matches.