Jose Mourinho has revealed that Chelsea are in the market for a striker this summer, with the club attempting to negotiate a deal for Radamel Falcao.
Close sources says that Mourinho is at the centre of the push to sign Falcao, who struggled to make an impact in the Premier League during his loan spell with Manchester United in the 2014-15 season.
The Colombia international has since returned to Monaco, with United deciding against taking up an option to purchase him outright, and, while not mentioning the forward by name, the Blues boss has confirmed he is looking to sign a striker.
He told The Sunday Times: "We have to buy a striker because we want to have three strikers of a good level.
"We do not want to have just one [transfer target]. Then you lose a good position on the negotiation table."
Mourinho, though, anticipates a difficult process in acquiring players that will improve a Chelsea side that stormed to the Premier League title. He added: "It will be difficult to find players to go straight into the team.
"Because it's not easy to find a better striker than Diego [Costa], a better keeper than [Thibaut] Courtois, a better midfield player than [Nemanja] Matic or [Cesc] Fabregas.
"This season is about improving the squad, bringing players to make us more consistent, so we don't go through difficult periods like last season when we had crucial injuries. We have to try and protect that situation by adding two or three players."
Close sources says that Mourinho is at the centre of the push to sign Falcao, who struggled to make an impact in the Premier League during his loan spell with Manchester United in the 2014-15 season.
The Colombia international has since returned to Monaco, with United deciding against taking up an option to purchase him outright, and, while not mentioning the forward by name, the Blues boss has confirmed he is looking to sign a striker.
He told The Sunday Times: "We have to buy a striker because we want to have three strikers of a good level.
"We do not want to have just one [transfer target]. Then you lose a good position on the negotiation table."
Mourinho, though, anticipates a difficult process in acquiring players that will improve a Chelsea side that stormed to the Premier League title. He added: "It will be difficult to find players to go straight into the team.
"Because it's not easy to find a better striker than Diego [Costa], a better keeper than [Thibaut] Courtois, a better midfield player than [Nemanja] Matic or [Cesc] Fabregas.
"This season is about improving the squad, bringing players to make us more consistent, so we don't go through difficult periods like last season when we had crucial injuries. We have to try and protect that situation by adding two or three players."
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