Rumour: Jose Mourinho to cash-in on Romelu Lukaku to fund transfer of Diego Costa or Radamel Falcao

Romelu Lukaku of Chelsea

Jose Mourinho and Chelsea are considering the sale of flying Belgian Romelu Lukaku to gather a corpus for the acquisition Radamel Falcao or Diego Costa, who the manager has been a long time admirer of.

The new Portuguese manager made his dislike for Lukaku clear when he sent the striker out on loan for yet another year despite bagging 17 goals for West Brom the previous season.

Considering the 20-year old’s outstanding form for Everton this campaign, the Chelsea boss is likely to get a accrue a high price at the end of the season, however, will be vary of selling him to a rival English club.

Most top European clubs will be on the trail of Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa, who has scored 22 goals from 27 games in the La Liga this season, and Falcao, who was in sublime goal scoring form before his unfortunate injury.

If Chelsea are to prise any of the two away from their respective clubs, they will need to stump up more cash than any of their rivals.