The Daily Mirror believe that Benteke is not the only English top tier striker Mourinho has his sights set on, claiming that Chelsea will look to offer £40m for want-away Liverpool ace Luis Suarez.
Thus far Liverpool have steadfastly stated that they would not listen to offers for Uruguayan international Suarez but with the player’s agent continuing to state that his client wants out and with pre-season getting under way boss Brendan Rodgers may well feel that his side needs to consider the situation carefully.
Clearly the Merseyside club wouldn’t voluntarily look to sell their most effective attacking weapon, Suarez scoring 30 goals in all competitions last term, but Rodgers will not want a disruptive influence in his dressing room and given that Liverpool have signed La Liga strikers Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas from Sevilla and Celta Vigo respectively, perhaps the Northern Irish boss has already been planning for the possibility of a sale.
This source claims that Liverpool would listen to offers but only those of £40m and above and also states that Chelsea are willing and able to make such a bid, so there is every chance that the Anfield side will consider the possibility of selling to a Premier League rival, having already turned down an advance from Arsenal.
Mourinho seems convinced that his Chelsea side needs a fresh attacking spearhead and having seen both Fernando Torres and Demba Ba struggling to make an impact last season one can easily see why the club’s attack is seen by the former Real Madrid boss as the area in most need of summer investment.