Chelsea are confident of landing Brazilian superstar Kaka in a
£50million deal from AC Milan.
The Blues are ready to move after the Italian club agreed a £22m
fee to sign Ronaldinho from Barcelona.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and manager Avram Grant believe
Kaka can be the hallmark signing of their planned £100m summer
spending spree.
And reports in the Mirror suggest that Milan's willingness to
pull out all the stops to bring Ronaldinho to the club has put the
Blues on high alert that a bid for the player who turns 26 on
Tuesday would be successful.
Chelsea feel it will be easier to prise Kaka away from Milan
than to persuade Barca to part with their other top target Lionel
Messi.
Ronaldinho is ready to agree a £200,000-a-week five-year deal to
move from the Nou Camp - making the Brazilian the highest-paid
player in the world.
But while Milan owner and newly re-elected Italian President
Silvio Berlusconi has pushed the deal, Chelsea feel he will need to
find a way of balancing the books.
Milan already have Ronaldo and Brazilian teenage sensation Pato
in their squad and Abramovich will use his strong links with the
club, through the signing of want away Andriy Shevchenko, to clinch
the deal.
Carlo Ancelotti's side are in serious danger of missing out on
Champions League qualification for next season.
And if Milan are forced to play in the UEFA Cup, it is felt that
the World Player of the Year would be reluctant to stay. But
Chelsea will probably have to break the world record and pay as
much as £50m to entice Kaka to Stamford Bridge.