Chelsea will offer £80m and £200k a week wages to sign Kaka

Chelsea are preparing a deadline-busting £80million raid to land Brazilian superstar Kaka before the transfer window shutters come down.

Luiz Felipe Scolari's Blues hope to unveil Real Madrid ace Robinho as their new £31m capture before the end of the week.

But Roman Abramovich has also sanctioned a world record approach to tempt AC Milan to let Kaka go, after hearing that the Brazilian is disenchanted by the San Siro summer recruitment drive.

Devout christian Kaka is understood to be less than impressed by the arrival of party animal Ronaldinho, Andriy Shevchenko's return and the capture of Arsenal's Philippe Senderos.

Kaka's representatives have let it be known that he now feels far more attracted by the prospect of a move to the Premier League.

That opens the door for Chelsea to make their move for the 26-year-old before the window closes at midnight on Monday, with owner Abramovich prepared to pay a staggering £200,000 a week to lure his chosen target.

Even if Milan refuse to do business now, Chelsea are ready to go back in again in January, as the midfield ace will still be eligible then to play in the knock-out phase of the Champions League.

Until now, Kaka has always insisted he has no wish to quit Serie A for England at this particular stage of his career.

But the events of recent weeks have altered the equation and while the South American is likely to be ruled out of action for another month with the knee problem that has dogged him since the start of the year, medics do not anticipate any long-term complications.

Robinho is close to completing his Stamford Bridge deal after the final details were being thrashed out yesterday.

Madrid have accepted Chelsea's bid for the man who was Scolari's prime target, and chief executive Peter Kenyon expects to confirm the signing in time for Robinho to make his debut against Spurs on Sunday.

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