Jose Mourinho bids farewell to Real Madrid, and is set to be appointed manager of Chelsea again
Mourinho is set to be announced today as Chelsea’s
new manager, nine years and one day after he first arrived at the club
labelling himself the Special One, before taking them to back-to-back
league titles.
He flew into London yesterday
afternoon after his last game in charge of Real Madrid on Saturday night
with a 4-2 win over Osasuna.
Chelsea have already signed Andre Schurrle for £30 million from Bayer Leverkusen.
Now
Mourinho wants a striker. Fernando Torres or Demba Ba may well be sold
to make room, with Romelu Lukaku returning from his successful loan
spell with West Brom.
The top target is Florentina’s Steven Jovetic, who would cost around £25m. But Chelsea face stiff competition for the 23-year-old from Arsenal and Juventus.
Roman Abramovich has already seen Radamel Falcao slip through his fingers, who moved to Monaco Chelsea have already signed Andre Schurrle for £30 million from Bayer Leverkusen
Abramovich has
already seen one big target in Radamel Falcao slip through his fingers
this summer, the Atletico Madrid striker joining Monaco.
Edinson
Cavani, the Napoli striker, is rated too expensive at £52m, but Chelsea
are still monitoring as he nears a move to Manchester City.
Chelsea have also spoken to Galatasaray about Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz.
Mourinho
wants talks with Lukaku and another loanee, goalkeeper Thibaut
Courtois, when he begins work with the squad next month, before deciding
whether to allow them to go out on loan again.
He was last night finalising his four-year, £12m-a-year deal with Abramovich, which should be signed today.
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