Source: Daily_Mail
Ramires to join Chelsea in £18m deal
The Blue Brazilian: Ramires will join Chelsea[LNB]Brazilian World Cup star Ramires will arrive in London on Thursday for a medical after Benfica agreed to sell him to Chelsea in an £18.2million deal. [LNB]Sportsmail revealed last month that Carlo Ancelotti was keen to sign the midfielder after his impressive displays in South Africa. [LNB]Ramires is now set to sign a four-year contract at Stamford Bridge after the Portuguese champions confirmed to the Lisbon Stock Exchange that they had entered negotiations with the London club. [LNB]Ramires was delayed in Portugal yesterday and Chelsea sources hadpreviously expressed concern he might fail to obtain a work permitafter playing in less than 75 per cent of Brazil's matches in the pasttwo years. [LNB]However, the club are now confident that the 23-year-old will now be granted a permit through the 'special circumstances' appeal.[LNB] Yury Zhirkov lined up by Zenit St Petersburg for £21m swoop to take Chelsea misfit back to RussiaChelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti: Why Yossi is better than Cole...NPOWER FOOTBALL LEAGUE PODCAST: World Cup hero Rory Fallon on his Plymouth return, plus moreCHELSEA FC
