John Mikel Obi is ready to sign a new five-year contract with Chelsea.
Former Blues boss Jose Mourinho had hoped to take Obi to Inter Milan and was prepared to pay the midfielder £60,000 a week, as revealed in Sportsmail in April.
But the 22-year-old Nigerian, who is thought to be on around £40,000 a week, will see his wages rise to around £70,000 a week when he puts pen to paper at Stamford Bridge in the next few days.
Obi's agent John Shittu said: 'He will sign the deal early this week. Some of the club officials were away but they were expected back last weekend. As soon as everybody is in, we will sign the new contract.
'It is a very good deal for him and would put him on a par with some of the top earners in the club.'
Obi is due to report back for pre-season training next week but is expected to cut short his summer break by a few days to sign the new deal.
Chelsea have already secured Florent Malouda on a new contract and Ashley Cole, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole and Alex will follow soon.
The Blues have also confirmed they have agreed an £18million deal with CSKA Moscow for Yuri Zhirkov.
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