make Roma star Daniele de Rossi their
new midfield general.
Returning Blues manager Jose Mourinho
is seeking to reinforce the engine room of
the side he has inherited from Rafa
Benitez, with John Obi Mikel's Stamford
Bridge future now in grave doubt.
And the Chelsea boss is set to try to take
advantage of de Rossi's fall-out with his
boyhood club to lure the Italy ace to the
Premier League.
De Rossi has been labelled Roma's "future
captain" for most of the past decade, but
fell foul of former boss Zdenek Zeman last
season before the Czech was sacked.
The Stadio Olimpico fans also turned on
de Rossi, who turns 30 this month, leaving
the defensive midfielder increasingly
disaffected.
Mourinho tried to buy de Rossi during his
spells in charge of Inter Milan and Real
Madrid, while Manchester City were
desperate to sign him during Roberto
Mancini's reign.
Now, after Roma president James Pallotta
confirmed "everybody is on the market"
following the club's failure to qualify for
either of the new season's European
competitions, the Special One could
finally get his man.
Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini is
even due in London next week to discuss
a potential loan deal for Chelsea's
Brazilian right-back Wallace, who was
recruited from Fluminense in January.
The Blues will use the opportunity to
push for a deal on de Rossi, and while
Roma insisted the opening figure of
£8.5m was not enough, it seems the
Serie A club will settle for a cut-price deal
and let him go.
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