Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Brazillian's defender and midfielder will be played in Stamford Bridge soon. The deal has been made by the agent and still in progress. Jose claimed that to have Daniel Alves is a big hope for him and the team.

Alves' agent Geronimo Suarez revealed yesterday that he is '80-90% confident' a deal can be struck between the two clubs. Reports in Spain suggested the two clubs had reached agreement over a £24.5million switch to Stamford Bridge but the London club issued a statement denying this. The 24-year-old was left out of Sevilla's squad for their Champions League qualifier against AEK Athens last night, fuelling speculation his career with the UEFA Cup holders is about to come to an end.

Daniel also linked with Real Madrid but insisted that he more prefer to join Jose's squad