Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is said to be planning to bring in Chelsea stalwarts Ashley Cole and John Terry to boost his defence for the 2010/11 La Liga campaign.
Both players, who now have the chance to sit down for talks over their club futures following England's elimination from the World Cup last week, are being targeted by Real in a bid to wrestle the Spanish title back from bitter rivals Barcelona.
Mourinho rates both Cole and Terry very highly from his time at Chelsea between 2004 and 2007.
And the Blues are reportedly willing to listen to offers for both players, given the respective personal problems they have suffered throughout the course of last season in England.
The news comes after Cole reportedly send a mobile phone message to a group of friends earlier this month, which has since been made public, saying, 'I hate England and the f***ing people!' - hinting he could move abroad this summer.
Mourinho would be the favourite to land Cole's signature, while the Portuguese tactician is also the most likely man to be able to persuade Terry to leave Stamford Bridge.
Recent speculation suggests the Blues are considering cutting their losses on the former England captain, whose ropey performances in the second half of last season and at the World Cup have made Carlo Ancelotti nervous about his fading powers.
Terry was largely at fault for Germany's crucial first and third goals in the 4-1 humiliation in the last-16, having been caught too far upfield for both, and his much-vaunted positional sense has been found wanting on several occasions in recent months.
At 29, the pace of Spanish football may be better suited to Terry's game and he is rumoured to be tempted to depart Chelsea in order to be reunited with his former coach in Madrid.
Both players, who now have the chance to sit down for talks over their club futures following England's elimination from the World Cup last week, are being targeted by Real in a bid to wrestle the Spanish title back from bitter rivals Barcelona.
Mourinho rates both Cole and Terry very highly from his time at Chelsea between 2004 and 2007.
And the Blues are reportedly willing to listen to offers for both players, given the respective personal problems they have suffered throughout the course of last season in England.
The news comes after Cole reportedly send a mobile phone message to a group of friends earlier this month, which has since been made public, saying, 'I hate England and the f***ing people!' - hinting he could move abroad this summer.
Mourinho would be the favourite to land Cole's signature, while the Portuguese tactician is also the most likely man to be able to persuade Terry to leave Stamford Bridge.
Recent speculation suggests the Blues are considering cutting their losses on the former England captain, whose ropey performances in the second half of last season and at the World Cup have made Carlo Ancelotti nervous about his fading powers.
Terry was largely at fault for Germany's crucial first and third goals in the 4-1 humiliation in the last-16, having been caught too far upfield for both, and his much-vaunted positional sense has been found wanting on several occasions in recent months.
At 29, the pace of Spanish football may be better suited to Terry's game and he is rumoured to be tempted to depart Chelsea in order to be reunited with his former coach in Madrid.
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