Chelsea are set to blow Barcelona out of the water with a mega bucks offer for Ghanaian ace Nii Odartey lamptey.

Blues boss Jose Mourinho wants the Ghanaian international at Stamford Bridge next season and has told chief Peter Kenyon and owner Roman Abramovich to do all they to land the youngster.

Nii Lamptey is reluctant to quit his Chinese club, but will surely be tempted by Chelsea's huge offer.

In the wake of rival interest from Barcelona, the Daily Express says Chelsea are to offer Lamptey a world record salary of ?145,000 per-week to move to Stamford Bridge.