Real Madrid are reportedly ready to make a late bid to hijack Chelsea's attempts to sign Inter Milan defender Maicon

Report in Italy last week indicated that Chelsea is closing on the deal for Maicon, which is believed to be set at around £6 million.

However, according to Marca, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is ready to hijack his former club for the full-back in a late deal with his another former club. He was thought to have cooled his interest in the Brazil international.

Maicon is believed to prefer to move to Spanish capital, but also open to the idea of joining Chelsea when Mourinho had not showed his intention to bring him back to Bernabeu.

Chelsea are keen on bringing in a new right-back this summer and have been linked with Ajax's Gregory van der Wiel and Cesar Azpilicueta of Marseille in recent weeks following the recent departure of Jose Bosingwa, while Lille’s Mathieu Debuchy is also on their radar.

Paris Saint-Germain have shown interest in Maicon, while agent Roberto Calenda earlier this year claimed Manchester United were keen on signing his client in addition to Madrid.