CHELSEA are ready to end their search for another right-back by
tabling a £10million bid for Sevilla's Brazilian Daniel
Alves.
Alves was a key component of the Sevilla team that won the UEFA Cup
last season and currently stand third in La Liga.
Liverpool thought they had tied up a deal to land the 23-year-old
in the summer, only to back away when the Spanish side did not
lower their £12m valuation. But while Chelsea will not open the
bidding at that level, their bottomless pockets will allow Jose
Mourinho to make the signing he considers necessary in the transfer
window.
Chelsea are still without a first-choice right-back, with Cameroon
ace Geremi, a converted midfielder, filling the role now after
Mourinho lost faith in Paulo Ferreira and Khalid Boulahrouz who was
bought just less than 6 months ago.
