Chelsea to splash £60m for Mata and Modric

Chelsea are making their title ambitions clear by bidding £29 million for Valencia winger Juan Mata and improving their offer for Tottenham’s Luka Modric.

The 'Daily Mail' reported that Andre Villas-Boas has told Roman Abramovich he needs to inject more flair into his side and the billionaire Chelsea owner is backing his young manager to the tune of £60m.

Chelsea have watched Manchester City and Manchester United splash more than £50m to breathe fresh life into their teams, and now Abramovich is ready to make his move.

Chelsea had a £22m bid for Mata rejected by Valencia this week. They will now return to the Spanish club with an offer of £27m, plus £2million in top-up payments.

Mata was the star of this summer’s European Under 21 Championship, and he is believed to be desperate to move to the Premier League. He has also been tracked by Arsenal and Tottenham.

Villas-Boas has also persuaded Abramovich to dig deep in an attempt to wrap up the signing of Tottenham star Modric. Chelsea have previously bid £27m, and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp reluctantly indicated on Wednesday that he might have to sell his star midfielder.

There is a substantial block to any deal in the shape of Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who has declared that Modric is not for sale “at any price”.

Villas-Boas was cautious when pressed about Modric, saying: “The only thing I can say is just that it can happen. I don’t know to what extent we can go regarding his price because we are speaking about a high amount and nothing else, basically. End of story.”

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