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Jose Mourinho has ordered his scouts to keep tabs on Tyrone Mings as a potential long-term replacement for John Terry at Chelsea.

The 21-year-old Ipswich defender is one of the hottest properties in English football, with Arsenal, Manchester United, Everton and Newcastle also interested.

Mourinho is keen to find a replacement for Terry, 34 next month, before the Blues' talismanic centre-half retires.

Mings has played at left-back in his breakthrough season, but the powerful 6ft-3in kid is seen as having the attributes to move to centre-half.

Chelsea have also looked at Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane and been linked with Barcelona’s Gerard Pique, while Kurt Zouma, 20, is making good progress at Stamford Bridge since joining from St Etienne last summer.

But Mings would be a prized capture after an impressive season as he works his way back from being released by Southampton as a teenager.