Stamford Bridge side look to sign one of the hottest prospects in world football in massive summer transfer deal.
Chelsea are ready to launch a club record bid to sign £71m rated Juventus star Paul Pogba and will look to fund such a move with proceeds accrued from the sales of four of their first team squad.
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The Blues had previously offered Juventus a fee of £35m plus Brazilian Oscar in exchange for the 22 year old French international but having seen that deal turned down it appears the West London side are set to make a straight cash bid.
Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has admitted that every player has a price, with many sources claiming that price would be a massive €100m (£71m), and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will be encouraged to make a big offer well in excess of the club’s current transfer record fee of £50m, paid for Fernando Torres back in 2011.
Pogba is thought to be interested in a move to Chelsea and Barcelona’s decision to pass on the player (via) can only aid the Premier League side’s push to snap up the former Man United man.
To help balance the books Chelsea will look to find buyers for these four talents.
Mohamed Salah – £14m
Egyptian is known to be courting interest from both Turkey and Italy and his strong run of form at Fiorentina will help Chelsea to meet their £14m price-tag.
The former FC Basel man barely got a look in at Chelsea and a permanent exit may well be best for all concerned.
Juan Cuadrado – £17m
Colombian has proven something of a disastrous signing and Jose Mourinho is ready to sell the winger for less than than the £23.3m they paid in January.
Loic Remy – £12m
In theory Jose Mourinho is happy to keep hold of the Frenchman, who offered strong support to Diego Costa, but the former QPR man is keen to move on in pursuit of regular first team action. Currently Alan Pardew is leading the race for Remy, the Crystal Palace manager having brought the forward to St James’ Park during his time in charge of Newcastle United.
John Obi Mikel – £10m
Nigerian battler is now only a bit-part player and keen to leave for pastures new and is another player Chelsea should have little trouble selling. Mikel has made