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.

Porto have accused Chelsea of illegally approaching Mourinho about the prospect of taking over from Ranieri in the summer and da Costa insists he will not sit back and watch his coach leave.

"I want to make it clear that we will go to war with Chelsea over Mourinho. We will bring in UEFA, FIFA whoever we need to," he said.

And Real president Florentino Perez was expected to be ready to listen to an offer for his Brazil World Cup winner and England captain to fund another foray into the transfer market with presidential elections due this summer.

"Yes, Chelsea are thinking of Ronaldo and Beckham," admitted Ranieri.

"There is only one person in the world who can try to take them from Florentino Perez and he is called Roman Abramovich."