José Mourinho has admitted Chelsea are 'a club missing a striker' but while he ruled out the possibility of signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the summer, he did drop a hint that his club could be interested in another forward currently playing in France, Radamel Falcao.

Mourinho said that persuading Paris St Germain to part with Ibrahimovic was "mission impossible", but admitted that Falcao was a player he is interested in, suggesting the Colombian forward's current club Monaco, now managed by Mourinho's Chelsea predecessor Claudio Ranieri, are not big enough for a player of his stature.

After his stellar scoring form at Atlético Madrid and previously at Mourinho's former club Porto, Falcao was one of Europe's hottest properties last summer, but the 28-year-old surprisingly opted to join Monaco in a £50m deal.

"The problem at Chelsea is that we are missing a striker. I have one in [Samuel] Eto'o but he is 32, possibly 35, who knows?", Mourinho joked in an interview with the French television station Canal Plus, before adding. "I don't have Falcao but Falcao doesn't have a club. Who wants to play in front of 3,000 supporters? If I was one day to go to Monaco it would be the end."

Falcao is currently out of action due to a serious knee injury but should recover in time to play for Colombia at the World Cup finals in Brazil.

When asked about the possibility of Chelsea moving for the Swede Ibrahimovic, Mourinho said: "It's impossible. He is happy in Paris, I know because we are friends and we have some contact. PSG, with their economic potential, would never want to open the door. It's mission impossible."

Mourinho also rejected suggestions that Eden Hazard could be tempted to swap London for Paris and join PSG. "Eden is our boy," he added. "We want him to stay for 10 years. We want to build the team around him. He's a player with the style of football that we want to have in our team."