Samuel Eto'o to rekindle relationship with Jose Mourinho at Chelsea• Samuel Eto'o to sign 12-month deal from Anzhi Makhachkala• Chelsea insist midfielder Juan Mata is staying at the club Chelsea's late rush into the transfer market will see Samuel Eto'o join his former Anzhi Makhachkala team-mate Willian by moving to Stamford Bridge before the weekend, with the Cameroon forward expected to sign a 12-month deal.
Eto'o will cost around £5m as he becomes the latest departure from Anzhi, whose owner Suleyman Kerimov has withdrawn his lavish funding at the Dagestan club. The 32-year-old's representatives spent Wednesday in talks in London finalising a prospective move, with Chelsea determined to thwart his former club, Internazionale,
and the Qatari side Al Gharafa to secure the striker's services. He is expected to undergo a medical on Thursday.
Jose Mourinho's pursuit of a player who excelled under his management at Inter – with whom they won the European Cup in 2010 – serves as confirmation that Chelsea have missed out on their principal summer target, Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, though the short-term nature of the Eto'o deal allows Chelsea the chance to pursue the Rooney option again if offered any encouragement.
Eto'o, a two-times Champions League winner who earned the equivalent of £300,000-a-week at Anzhi, will pick up around £4m at Stamford Bridge with reports in Russia suggesting
Inter were offering considerably less to lure him back to Serie A.
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