JOSE MOURINHO: I WANT ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI

ABOVE: Jose Mourinho feels Robert Lewandoski is the man to lead Chelsea's frontline

He will even make a personal trip to Germany to talk Lewandowski and persuade him

15th June 2013

By Duncan Wright

JOSE MOURINHO wants Chelsea to make a major statement by signing Robert Lewandowksi.

The new Blues manager believes the Borussia Dortmund striker is the ideal man to lead his attack at Stamford Bridge and is pulling out all the stops to persuade the Poland international his future is in London.
Dortmund insist their star man is not for sale, having rejected Batern Munich's attempts to sign him this summer. But Mourinho refuses to concede the hitman is off limits - and will test the water with a £20m bid for a player who will be available on a free transfer next summer.
He will even make a personal trip to Germany to talk Lewandowski and persuade him he will be a major part of his plans for his new era back in charge of Chelsea.
Manchester United are also keen on signing the 24-year-old, and have also not been put off by what had appeared to have been a certain transfer to Bundesliga rivals Bayern.