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A £35m offer is being prepared for Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho

Despite having been strongly linked with both Arsenal and Chelsea in the past A Bola reports it is the Blues who are readying a bid for Carvalho.

The midfielder has been impressing in the Primeira Liga over the past 12 months and is admired for his strength as a holding midfielder.

Mourinho is on the lookout for a more defensively minded midfield ace with the future of John Obi Mikel still uncertain.