Mourinho plans to offload defender

JOSÉ MOURINHO is ready to sell one of his defenders after confirming the capture of Julian Belletti from Barcelona had brought his summer spending to a close.

Belletti arrived from Barca for £4 million (€5.8 million) after Chelsea ended their interest in Sevilla’s Daniel Alves because of the inflated price tag of more than £25m (€36m).

Belletti, 31, goes straight into the squad for today’s home game with Portsmouth. While Mourinho insisted there would be no more new faces, he made clear he was willing to trim his squad further.

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