Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has admitted he expects Nuri Sahin to join a Premier League club before the close of the transfer window but has remained noncommittal on the futures of Ricardo Carvalho and Kaka.

Turkish midfielder Sahin has been strongly linked with a loan move to both Liverpool and Arsenal but could yet be used as a makeweight in the deal for Tottenham playmaker Luka Modric.

But, amidst suggestions that the Portuguese boss was eager not to allow Sahin to join a Champions League rival, Mourinho has insisted he does not care where the midfielder ends up.

“I want him to play, for him to go somewhere to play. The Premier League could teach him new aspects of his game but I don’t mind where he goes,” he told reporters.

“It’s not at all true that there’s any one club to which I would prefer that he went. It doesn’t matter to me, I just hope that it’s sorted for him soon.

“It’s absolutely fine with me whether he goes to Arsenal, Liverpool or Tottenham.”

Mourinho also revealed open to offers for Brazilian playmaker Kaka, though the former AC Milan man has received considerably less interest than Sahin.

“They’re different situations – with Nuri there are several options but nobody has made an official bid for Kaka like they have for Nuri,” he continued.

Another player reportedly bound for the Premier League is Ricardo Carvalho, but Mourinho insists that he is unaware of any bid from QPR for the Portuguese centre-back, nor does he anticipate Mark Hughes needing both Carvalho and Michael Dawson.

“I can’t confirm anything with QPR,” Mourinho added. “I don’t even know if the information is correct or not because they’ve told me that Dawson has signed for QPR for £9 million – if they’ve signed Dawson, I don’t know if they’ll be interested in Carvalho.”

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Nuri Sahin is set to join Arsenal on a season-long loan from Real Madrid in the next 24 hours.

The deal had stagnated over the terms of the buy-out option should the Gunners decide to make his contract permanent in a year’s time.

Sahin’s destination is also understood to have been a discussion point in the Luka Modric talks between Madrid and Tottenham.

But a compromise has been reached and sources have told Goal.com that the midfielder will be imminently confirmed as an Arsenal player for the forthcoming campaign.

It will strengthen the midfield options of Arsene Wenger, who sanctioned the sale of Alex Song to Barcelona for €19 million (£15m) on Monday and is also likely to be without Jack Wilshere for the first three months of the season through injury.
 
Sahin’s arrival at Emirates Stadium comes after he had agreed in principle to join Liverpool following advice from Xabi Alonso that he would get more opportunities at Anfield.    

The Blancos were keen for Sahin to move to Merseyside after agreeing a loan fee that is believed to be higher than what Arsenal will pay, while Jose Mourinho felt that the 23-year-old could excel under the guidance of Brendan Rodgers, his former protege at Chelsea.

But Arsenal’s renewed interest last week turned Sahin’s head and Liverpool withdrew their interest in signing the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder on Saturday.

Sahin is the second high-profile midfielder this summer to take a late U-turn on joining Liverpool, following Gylfi Sigurdsson, who was on the verge of a move to Anfield before signing for Tottenham.

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