It had been
confirmed by Internacional president, Giovani Lugi that Chelsea is in a "very advanced'' stage to sign Oscar.
Oscar, 20, is currently in England with Brazil's Olympic team preparing for the London 2012 Games.
The midfielder has been linked to a £25 million move to Stamford Bridge.
Late last week Oscar
confirmed he has already undergone a medical.
Reports claim a deal
will be finalised this
Friday, and
Internacional's chief
confirmed the transfer is about to be completed, with just one hurdle still to be overcome.
"The situation is very
advanced, but not
finalised yet," Luigi said "Oscar has to get
his work permit. He
needs to have a certain amount of caps to play in England, but I don't believe that will be aproblem."
Luigi did not confirm the £25 million price tag but did admit Oscar's former club Sao Paulo would receive a percentage of the transfer fee. "I won't confirm the value, but I can guarantee it wasn't in pounds. "I
have also reached an
agreement with Sao
Paulo over their part. It's Chelsea that will pay that, not Internacional."
Oscar and his Brazil team-mates will start their Olympic campaign in Thursday
evening when they take on Egypt.
This chelsea of a team just keeps signing players at random.and the players aint even up to the task.i hope they don't regret this.i just love their style of play.