Chelsea ready to make a move for Beckham and Ronaldo

BIG-SPENDERS Chelsea have lined up Porto coach Jose Mourinho as their new manager and are ready to snatch Ronaldo and David Beckham from Real Madrid.

Mourinho was reported to have confirmed he would be taking over from Claudio Ranieri but Chelsea sources said he had yet to close a £4.5 million a year deal with club owner Roman Abramovich.

And Porto president Nuno Pinto da Costa warned Abramovich he would go to war over the move.

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