Paco Alcacer is on Jose Mourinho's radar to reinforce Chelsea's attack

Posted Sunday, October 18, 2015 by ESPN

Paco Alcacer is on Jose Mourinho's radar to reinforce Chelsea's attack
Jose Mourinho has explained his reasoning for leaving out Hazard, as his team beat Aston Villa 2-0.

It's no more Mr. Nice Guy from Jose Mourinho -- but then again, was he ever?

The Chelsea coach said he dropped Eden Hazard for Saturday's morale-boosting win over Aston Villa and will keep on benching the PFA Player of the Year until his defending improves. Radamel Falcao wasn't even in the Premier League champions' squad, and The Sun reports that Mourinho is lining up a huge move for another forward.

The British tabloid says that Chelsea are chasing Valencia forward Paco Alcacer for a cool £50 million, with scouts sent to watch the Spain international in Los Che's 3-0 win over Malaga on Saturday night. The 22-year-old has quickly risen to prominence with the Spanish national team, scoring six in his first 10 appearances for La Roja since his debut last year.

The Sun reports that Alcacer has a £56m buyout clause that "could be negotiated down," while "Chelsea have good lines of contact into Valencia where super agent Jorge Mendes is very influential." All that remains is for Roman Abramovich to back his under-fire coach with a huge sum in January, but will he splash the cash after such a poor start to the season?