Avram Grant has admitted that he wasn't shocked to learn that Andre Villas-Boas had been sacked as manager of Chelsea earlier today.

The Portuguese boss was axed by owner Roman Abramovich after just nine months at the Stamford Bridge helm.

Grant, who suffered a similar fate to Villas-Boas in 2008, believes that the 34-year-old's departure was inevitable.

"It's sad news. I always like a bit more patience but we could expect this, no?" he told Sky Sports News. "When you come to Chelsea you know one thing - that you need to bring results or to show that the team is going the right way.

"I don't know what happened at Chelsea from the inside but some managers before have been sacked at Chelsea and it's all about results.

"In this case, without knowing what's happened inside, the results were not so good and the football was not so good."

Grant was sacked as Chelsea boss following the club's Champions League final loss to Manchester United in Moscow.