T he promotion of assistant Vitor Pereira to Porto head coach on Tuesday after Andre Villas Boas' exit was planned for over a month and will keep the Portuguese champions on a winning path, the club's president said.

Chelsea hope to reach agreement with Andre Villas Boas on personal terms after his release clause as Porto coach was paid up on Tuesday, the Premier League club said in a statement.

Porto's Andre Villas Boas will not become the new coach of Inter Milan partly because of an expensive release clause in his contract, Inter sporting director Marco Branca said on Sunday.

Manchester United forward Bebe will spend next season on loan at Turkish club Besiktas. The 20-year-old Portuguese was signed by United from Vitoria Guimaraes for 7 million pounds (then $11 million) last offseason despite manager Alex Ferguson acknowledging he had never seen Bebe play. Bebe has failed to establish himself at Old Trafford, making just seven first-team appearances in his first...

James Rodriguez scored a hat trick as FC Porto trounced Guimaraes 6-2 in the Portuguese Cup final Sunday to clinch its fourth trophy of the season. Porto won the domestic league with an unbeaten run of 30 matches, lifted the season-opening Portuguese Supercup, and last week snared the Europa League title with a 1-0 triumph over Braga in Dublin.