JOSE MOURINHO will today beg his old club Porto to part
with £25million-rated winger Ricardo Quaresma. Chelsea boss
Mourinho is desperate to beef up his attacking options and
Portugal ace Quaresma fits the bill.
The problem for Mourinho with the transfer window closing
tomorrow is that the player would cost way more than the figure
Chelsea want to pay. SunSport can reveal the Blues have offered at
least one player understood to be Paulo Ferreira plus around
£8m in cash. However, having flogged both Ferreira and Ricardo
Carvalho to Stamford Bridge in the first place, Porto are stalling
in the hope of getting as much cash as possible.
The Sun yesterday revealed that Mourinho had entered into talks
with Tottenham over a possible player-exchange involving Shaun
Wright-Phillips for Jermain Defoe. But with Spurs demanding cash on
top for the hitman, the Chelsea boss has turned his attention to
his former club.
Mourinho has so far recorded a net profit of £7m over the summer
and, having lost Arjen Robben, is concerned his 4-3-3 formation
could be scuppered if he is hit by injuries. Porto are not short of
money as they have just sold Brazil defender Pepe to Real Madrid
and Anderson to Manchester United for a total of £42m.
But Quaresma, 23, is anxious to further his career and sees a move
to the Premier League as the perfect platform for his attacking
style.
