Chelsea fans inside the Football Transfer Tavern have been busy celebrating their Europa League triumph this week, and David Coverdale of The Sun reckons the fans will have more reason to celebrate in the summer.
Outgoing interim manager Rafael Benitez reckons club owner Roman Abramovich is set to give his successor £100 million to spend in the summer on new players, in a bid to have a real crack at the Premier League title next season.
Jose Mourinho is the hot favourite to take over from Benitez, and make an emotional return to Stamford Bridge.
And the Spaniard reckons his former rival is going to be heavily backed in the transfer market.
Benitez told Spanish radio Onda Cero: “What I am sure about is that next season Chelsea will be much better because they will spend £100m and they will sign three or four players.
“The foundation is already there. The future is bright for them.
“I don’t know who the next coach will be, I am not the one who should say, even though everyone speculates the same person.”
Benitez is set to depart Chelsea after Sunday’s game with Everton, and also believes striker Fernando Torres will not be following him out the club, after insisting he has helped to turn around his form.
Benitez added: “We know that he can hurt teams on the shoulder of the last defender and he did a good job.
“I keep repeating that he has improved — he has worked well with the fitness coach Paco de Miguel and he has made great improvements with his power, his strength and his speed.
“And thanks to that he manages this type of goal of that has always been one of his strengths – hanging on the last defender and then sprinting away from them.”
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