“I wanted to keep him at Bolton longer. Andre Villas-Boas, who had just joined Chelsea, is a friend of mine because we did our coaching course together in Scotland. He said he’d take a look at Daniel in pre-season first. After a week, Andre called me up and said he was sorry but there was no way he could let a player of that quality go. He wanted him in his side, and to be fair he tried to integrate Daniel into the Chelsea team.