From The Observer:
Juan Sebastian Veron will become Chelsea's latest multi-million pound signing when he leaves Manchester United this week. United will accept Chelsea's offer of about £14million - half the sum they paid when they signed the Argentine midfielder from Lazio in 2001.
Sources at Old Trafford and an insider involved in the deal both confirmed that the move was likely to be completed this week. The agent behind the move is thought to be Pini Zahavi, who is rapidly becoming the most influential man in his field.
Zahavi, an Israeli, is very close to Sir Alex Ferguson and Chelsea's new owner, Roman Abramovich. It was Zahavi - also a friend of Sven-Göran Eriksson - who brokered the deal in which Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, gained control of Chelsea earlier this month. Zahavi has a South American arm of his agency, one of whose directors has worked with Veron from very early in his career.
Since Abramovich's takeover Chelsea have already signed Geremi, the Cameroon international midfielder, for £6.9m from Real Madrid, and full-back Glen Johnson for £6.1m from West Ham. Offers for the Irish striker Damien Duff and England left-back Wayne Bridge are also reportedly on the table, and Veron, 28, will not be the last newcomer before the new season starts in mid-August.
Veron's best form of his career has come under Eriksson, now the England manager. The Swede signed him for Sampdoria - Veron's first European club at the age of 21 - and then at Lazio. Veron, who spent five years in Serie A , was one of the key players for Eriksson's Lazio team when they won the Italian title in 2000. He joined United two summers ago but has never been able to recapture his best form. Veron's fee was then a British record of £28.1m, and despite repeated criticism of the deal Ferguson has always been publicly supportive of his player. Now he appears to have recognised that it is time to cut his losses, and will have more money to spend on rebuilding the team at OId Trafford.
The Times have the same story but add to it by claiming Steven 'no forehead' Gerrard is going there too. Watch out San Lorenzo.