ROMAN Abramovich will welcome new Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti by splashing out ?100 million ($240,000).
And most of it will go towards securing AC Milan's Brazilian star Alexandre Pato.
According to the News of the World, Chelsea will make a fresh ??pounds;50m offer for the 19-year-old after their ??pounds;45m bid was rejected.
SAMUEL ETO'O ?25m:
(?200,000 a week after tax)
SAMUEL Eto'o could be on his way to Manchester City after Barcelona president Joan Laporta revealed the Premier League club had made the striker a 'stratospheric offer'.
According to PA Sport, City have made a ?25m bid and are prepared to pay the Cameroonian a massive weekly salary.
'Eto'o has a stratospheric offer from City, which would make him the best paid player in the world,' Laporta told Catalan radio station iCat FM.
KARIM BENZEMA: ?30m
ARSENAL are reported to have joined the race to sign the Lyon striker as they look to replace Emmanuel Adebayor should he leave for AC Milan.
The highly-rated Benzema has been linked with Manchester United for the past six months, but the News of the World claim that the striker is now a subject of interest from Arsene Wenger.
Should the future of ??pounds;25m Togo striker Adebayor be decided in the next few weeks, Arsenal will be keen to bolster their strike-force and a ??pounds;30m bid for Benzema could be accepted.
FRANCK RIBERY: ?40m:
THE French midfielder has been the subject of much speculation this summer with Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea all linked to him.
But another club has reportedly joined in the chase now. The Daily Star Sunday reported yesterday that Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is now close to pulling off one of the transfer coups of the summer by winning the race to sign Ribery.
The offer - ?30m plus ?10m-rated Danish hitman Nicklas Bendtner to make up the difference - appears to have struck a chord with new Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal.
SERGIO AGUERO ?45m:
MANCHESTER United are set to launch a bid for the Atletico Madrid striker, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Sir Alex Ferguson has allegedly become frustrated by his failure to tempt Valencia striker David Villa to Old Trafford and has instead turned his attention to Aguero.
The Argentinian international is valued at around ?45m.
