Jose Mourinho is ready to raid former club Chelsea by making a £15million bid for midfielder John Obi Mikel.
The Inter Milan boss believes Chelsea will be ready to sell as part of a dramatic summer overhaul planned in the wake of their Champions League heartbreak.
Chelsea may be reluctant to sell Mikel to Mourinho.
The midfielder has made 44 starts this season, having enjoyed the longest first-team run of his Blues career, although he has failed to score a single goal at Stamford Bridge. But with cash needed to inject new blood into an ageing squad, Guus Hiddink might see Mikel as a saleable asset, especially as the African is far from a favourite with the Stamford Bridge fans.
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Mourinho signed the Nigerian from Lyn Oslo in 2006 for an initial £4m after winning a transfer battle with Manchester United.
Chelsea subsequently paid United £12m in what was viewed as "hush money", although the contract Mikel is said to have signed was deemed illegal in a court case involving ex-Lyn supremo Morgan Andersen.
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