Chelsea set to offer contract extension to consistent England star

28-year old Chelsea centre-back Gary Cahill is set for a new deal at Stamford Bridge, reports the Daily Mirror.

The England international has impressed new boss Jose Mourinho with his form this season and it looks like the former Bolton defender will be rewarded with a more lucrative deal at Stamford Bridge.

Although Cahill has 3 more years left on his contract with Chelsea, Mourinho wants him to sign a new 4-year deal until 2017. Gary Cahill has been the mainstay of Chelsea’s defence of late and has started 13 league games at the heart of the Blues’ defence.

Mourinho sees Cahill as the first choice alongside veteran John Terry while Brazilian David Luiz is down in the pecking order for the Portuguese. Cahill joined Chelsea for 7 million pounds from Bolton in 2012 after the Blues’ management beat fierce competition from Arsenal and Tottenham.

One reckons that Cahill will be happy to see off the best part of his career at one of the best clubs in the country in Chelsea and could well agree to the new terms offered by the Blues’ management.

Mourinho has plans of replacing veteran centre-back John Terry with French sensation Kurt Zouma and one reckons that Cahill will take up the mantle as the club’s ace defender following the retirement of its talismanic skipper.

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