Transfer news: Chelsea have hijacked Tottenham's bid to sign Willian Jose Mourinho confirmed today that Chelsea have hijacked Tottenham's bid to sign the Brazilian playmaker Willian from Anzhi Makhachkala and indicated that the £32m-rated player will join subject to a medical. In his Friday press conference, Mourinho indicated it was Chelsea's belief that they had the deal in the bag after Roman Abramovich's late intervention in the deal on Thursday evening scuppered Spurs' bid for Willian. It now seems inevitable that one of Mourinho's six behind-the-striker creative players will go out on loan - most likely Victor Moses. Asked today whether he believed that Chelsea had triumphed in their bid to sign Willian, Mourinho remained silent but nodded. He had said moments earlier: "I think he [Willian] has already made his decision." The loss of Willian represents a blow to Spurs for whom the Brazilian had figured prominently in plans to re-build once the sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid goes through. Mourinho said: "I don't like to speak before time because football can betray you. This is a problem when we speak a lot about names and transfers. Sometimes it looks what is it is. But it isn't. But I know what the player wants. At this moment we cannot hide that he is a possibility. The Chelsea manager denied there was any possibility that Juan Mata could leave the club as part of a deal to sign Wayne Rooney from Manchester United. On Mata, he said: "No speculation, he's a player we all like. He is a player we all want to keep. We want more quality not less. Juan is not a player we want to lose. Mourinho said that Willian was "an extra target" and it would not change the club's efforts to sign Rooney He said: "I couldn't say much in previous press conferences, I have to answer your questions and try to be honest but at the same time try to hide things. If you remember I said I was happy with my squad. Managers say we are happy but we are always unhappy. We always want something more quality and we never close the door to the possibility of more quality to the squad. Before Villa, I told you I have plan B and C so I was opening the door to other possibilities. The point is not to sell, the point is I want a 22 player squad, so if someone comes, someone leaves. Do we need to sell? No we don't. Do we need to loan? Probably, yes. I don't like to work with big squads, I like small groups of player and I think that 22 is the perfect number to answer our needs in these competitions. And at the same time for kids to come in and be selected and train with us in a few matches. So if somebody is coming somebody will leave. Asked how he felt about the Rooney situation, a player for whom Chelsea have had two bids rejected, Mourinho said: "I don't care. At this moment I don't care. I have a big match to play on Monday. I don't care about new players, markets. The suggestion from Mourinho is that Willian only has a medical to complete before he signs having already done one at Spurs. Mourinho said: "That's the danger of medicals before contracts. But at the same time if you do the contract and the medical afterwards you can have a problem with signing a player with [injuries]. You have to do the medical before. The best thing is to do the medical in secret. If the player is fine you can sign him. If the player is not fine you don't destroy his career by saying to the world that he has a problem. You protect the situation. You do it in secret and after that you sign the contract. Sometimes you don't [keep it secret]. All you guys who have sources find out everything. That's the risk.