Jose Mourinho to decide on Chelsea future of John Terry, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard The fact that the decision will largely rest with Mourinho, rather than a group of Abramovich's advisers, is likely to be of comfort to both Terry and Lampard. Terry is now almost certain to stay at Chelsea beyond this season after enjoying a resurgence of form under Mourinho. Lampard is still hoping to secure a place in England's World Cup squad but, having previously been offered the chance to play in Major League Soccer, he could decide to move on this summer. Although he will now rotate Lampard, Mourinho does still regard him as a valuable option in central midfield alongside Matic, Ramires and John-Obi Mikel. Mourinho's attitude towards Cole will cause most intrigue after he has regularly consigned the England left-back to the bench this season. Chelsea will push to sign Luke Shaw from Southampton during the summer and Cole's future could yet hinge on whether they can clinch that deal. For now, Shaw has told Southampton that he wants to stay. The capture of Matic, however, is extremely significant to Mourinho's planning. He had identified holding midfield and striker as the two areas that he most wanted to strengthen and his summer priority will be another attempt to prise Wayne Rooney from Manchester United. The Matic deal will largely be financed by the imminent £18 million sale of Kevin de Bruyne to Wolfsburg. Mourinho does not expect Chelsea to reach their peak until next season and the 2015-16 campaign but has again added to the immediate pressure on Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City. "It would be my greatest achievement if we beat them to the title this year," said Mourinho. It's not about having quality players, other clubs also have quality. But Man City are in the perfect moment. In another dimension. The number of players they have at the same level is amazing. Ahead of the visit of Manchester United on Sunday, Mourinho also predicted that David Moyes's team are "probably" now out of the race to win the Premier League title. They trail leaders Arsenal by 11 points. "The bad results will finish," said Mourinho. They will get back on track, probably too late to win the league because they're too many points behind the leader. The gap is difficult to recover. My feeling, which is based on years of communicating with Sir Alex and some inside information, is Man United are not happy, but they are calm. They trust David. They are thinking this is our manager for the next two, three, four, five years. So they're all together and are going to rebuild again a big team. He's in probably unique conditions.