Chelsea weigh up January move for Porto star Yacine Brahimi

While Chelsea have struggled domestically this season, they opened their European campaign with a 4-0 home win over Maccabi Tel Aviv while Porto drew 2-2 with Dinamo Kiev.

Chelsea were recently linked with Ruben Neves because a Blues scout watched a Porto game – as is standard practice ahead of this week’s Champions League match between the two clubs.

But Mourinho has endured a miserable start to 2014-15 domestically, with Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Newcastle United leaving Chelsea with just eight points from seven league games.

In Group G of the UEFA Champions League, FC Porto host Chelsea at Estadio Do Dragao in the tournament’s group stages. And who is likely to play?

“No, they’re not selected”, he told BT Sport.

Tickets for the away end for Chelsea supporters have now sold out, but Porto fans may still be able to get their hands on general sale tickets.

This is a slightly different form than usual.

Porto are unbeaten in 12 games in all competitions after Friday night’s 2-2 Primeira Liga draw at Moreirense.

The Portuguese then claimed his rival boss receives preferential treatment from officials before again criticising his failure to win the Premier League in the last 10 years.

Soccer News reports that Man Utd. are interested in adding one more midfielder to their ranks in January and has made Bayer Leverkusen star Hakan Calhanoglu their primary target.

The Blues now have Eden Hazard, Willian and Pedro who can play in Brahimi’s position, with youngsters Kenedy and Bertrand Traore also on the books and Victor Moses, Mohamed Salah and Juan Cuadrado plying their trade elsewhere on loan.

Porto probable starting XI: Casillas, Maxi Pereira, Maicon, Marcano, Layún, Danilo, Herrera, André, Brahimi, Osvaldo, Corona.