Manchester United are ready to make a move to sign Chelsea star John Obi Mikel in the January transfer window.<br /><br />The electronic edition of The Sun says the Red Devils manager Jose Mourinho is ready to take advantage with a cut-price New Year offer for the Super Eagles midfielder. <br /><br />The ex-Lyn Oslo wonderkid had been linked with a transfer to Manchester United prior to his shift to Chelsea, and even signed a four-year contract with the club but the deal later fell through because the Manchester club did not negotiate with his agent, John Shittu. <br /><br />Manchester United first expressed an interest in the signature of Mikel 13 years ago after he impressed their scouts at the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup in Egypt, and he was invited to train at Carrington before the 2003 Fifa U17 World Cup. <br /><br />Mikel has been linked with possible moves to Marseille and an unnamed club in China in the winter transfer market.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br /><br />