Reports in Portugal suggest former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will replace Luis Enrique at Roma this summer.

Sacked by the Blues on 4 March after a 1-0 defeat to West Brom, Villas-Boas was never fully accepted by the infamous player-power dressing room at the Stamford Bridge club.

However he could find work in a new league as conjecture over Luis Enrique's future mounts.

The former Barcelona midfielder only signed a two-year contract with Roma in 2011, in the hope he would infuse the Giallorossi with a similar style of football to that of the Catalonia club.

Andre Villas Boas' Chelsea career in pictures:

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• Soccer - Andre Villas-Boas File Photo

  File photo dated 29/06/2011 of Andre Villas-Boas.

• Soccer - Andre Villas-Boas File Photo

  File photo dated 29/06/2011 of Andre Villas-Boas.

• Soccer - Andre Villas-Boas File Photo

  File photo dated 14/09/2011 of Andre Villas-Boas.

• Soccer - UEFA Champions League - Group E - Chelsea v Genk - Chelsea Training Session and Press Conference - Cobham Training Ground

  Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas during the press conference at Cobham Training Ground, London.

• Soccer - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Chelsea v Birmingham City - Stamford Bridge

  Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas (left) chats with oncoming substitute Frank Lampard on the touchline

• Soccer - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Chelsea v Birmingham City - Stamford Bridge

  Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas (left) with Frank Lampard (right) on the touchline

• Soccer - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Chelsea v Birmingham City - Stamford Bridge

  Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas on the touchline

• Soccer - Barclays Premier League - West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea - The Hawthorns

  Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas (right) crouches in front of West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson on the touchline

But a series of poor results have seen expectant fans lose patience, and Enrique claimed earlier this week we was certain of what he wanted to do at the end of the campaign, fuelling speculation he will quit the club.

Director general, and former assistant of Fabio Capello in the England set up, Franco Baldini already spoke to Portuguese Villas-Boas last summer.

However Roma, unlike Roman Abramovich, could not afford to compensate Porto in order to bring the 34-year-old to the Italian capital.

But now the Europa League winner is a free agent, his cost-efficient availability would possibly appeal to i Lupi.