EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea set to splash another £100m on John Stones and Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba could move to Chelsea with Juan Cuadrado heading the other way

CHELSEA are set to splash the cash further by spending £100million on Paul Pogba and John Stones.

 

The club stunned Manchester United this week by signing Pedro from under their noses in a £21.4m deal – and now Jose Mourinho is ready to take his spending to nearly £200m before the transfer window closes on September 1.

Chelsea will push on with a fourth offer for Everton defender Stones of nearly £40m in the next 48 hours.

And Mourinho is still interested in Juventus star Pogba and is considering using Colombian winger Juan Cuadrado – who cost them £23m last January but has never settled and wants a move back to Italian football – as part of a possible deal, although they have told Juventus they are not willing to pay more than £60m for the midfielder.

 

Jose Mourinho could make a fourth offer for Everton defender John Stones

Cuadrado, 27, is already in talks with Juventus about a season-long loan with a view to a permanent move next summer.

It had looked like Pogba was not for sale – but a possible clincher for any deal would be if Brazilian midfielder Oscar was also thrown into the mix.

Juventus had an offer for Oscar, who is rated at £26m by Chelsea, rejected by the club at the beginning of the week, but events are moving swiftly behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge, with the revamp of an underperforming team gaining pace.

 

Pedro competed his deal to Chelsea yesterday and could be in the squad for Sunday's game at West Bromwich, along with new Ghanian full-back Baba Rahman, who has also joined for £21m.

"I am very happy to be here," said Pedro. "I am very excited to start my adventure at Chelsea and I am here to keep winning titles.

"Thanks to the club and the supporters for giving me the opportunity to put the blue shirt on."

Pedro had been a target for United throughout the summer, with the club's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward flying to Catalonia on Monday in an attempt to seal a deal for the player.

 

But things changed rapidly on Wednesday and Chelsea stole a march on their rivals.

It was reminiscent of the deal two years ago which saw Willian on the verge of signing for Tottenham before Chelsea swooped for the Brazilian.

Pedro, who signed a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge, trained with the rest of the Chelsea first team yesterday, along with Rahman.

And the club could make more room in their squad for new arrivals in the next few days by selling winger Victor Moses to Tottenham in a £6m deal.