The 23-year-old will have a medical at the Premier League club on Wednesday.
It is thought a four-year deal for the right-sided player, who has 16 caps for his country, could be concluded by the end of the week.

Ramires, whose full name is Ramires Santos do Nascimento, was praised by Dunga after strong displays in the opening stage of the World Cup.

If the deal goes through Benfica will have to repay £6m to sports entrepreneur Kia Joorabchian, who part-financed the player's transfer from Cruzeiro to the Portuguese club.
Press Association Sport says that this arrangement would not present any difficulty under the Premier League's third party ownership rules.

Benfica president Luis Felipe Vieira said: "Ramires staying at Benfica does not depend solely on us. We have a partner and we must respect the contracts."

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If Chelsea play the midfield diamond this season he'll fit in well
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Ramires featured throughout Brazil's opening in South Africa, but a booking in the final group game against Portugal ruled him out of his country's quarter-final loss to the Netherlands.
Ramires joined the Brazil set-up in 2009, in time to play in every game of the country's successful defence of their Confederations Cup title.

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has been seeking to bolster the Blues midfield following the departure of Joe Cole, Michael Ballack and the return to Brazil of Deco.

The club complete their pre-season preparations against Hamburg on Wednesday before taking on Manchester United in the Community Shield on Sunday.

Sourced from BBC Sports News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8881118.stm

Stiffer competition for Mikel.

Stiffer competition for Mikel.

@Fogman ,
is that all u could make out of the topic?
is mikel the only player in chelsea? what is the relationship bewteen ramires and mikel on their positions in the pitch? where was joe jole, ballack and deco playing before they left?
why is it that an average nigerian cannot think very well?
is mikel the course of the present bad situations in nigeria?

chidichris:

@Fogman ,
is that all u could make out of the topic?
is mikel the only player in chelsea? what is the relationship bewteen ramires and mikel on their positions in the pitch? where was joe jole, ballack and deco playing before they left?
why is it that an average nigerian cannot think very well?
is mikel the course of the present bad situations in nigeria?

I was particular abt Mikel, cos he is a Nigerian and less worried abt other midfielder. Or do u expect me to get worried abt others? Ur low mentality has made u not to see dis fact. U need to hit ur empty head on the concrete so it can reason well.

Stiffer competition for Mikel.

@mumu,
if what u see now is stiffer competition, what did u see when he signed chelsea contract at the begining? a bed of roses i think? pls can u tell me of any world class club where the competition is not stiff.
hard times are the only way to determine hardmen.
mikel knew what it means to be in chelsea and he signed against all the predictions of unreasonable goats like u in the name of nigerians he proved u all wrong.