Quaresma's set to spark up Blues

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Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari asked the club to get the winger the moment it became clear that Inter would be prepared to loan him out and he beat off competition from Tottenham.

Quaresma has struggled since joining Inter from Porto for £24million last year and will act as cover for Joe Cole, who is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

Chelsea have agreed to pay Quaresma's £48,000-a-week wages and hope the 25-year-old will give the squad some impetus to at least help them secure a Champions League place for next season.

They are only ahead of fourth-placed Aston Villa on goal difference and Arsenal are within reach, lying five points behind.

Quaresma, who played for Scolari when he was in charge of Portugal, has been out of sorts for Inter.

He will get the chance to re-establish the partnership he enjoyed with Jose Bosingwa at Porto straight away after the full-back escaped disciplinary action from the Football Association.

Bosingwa wasn't punished for a kung-fu kick on Yossi Benayoun at Anfield and it was assumed it was because none of the match officials saw it. But referee Mike Riley has confirmed in his report that assistant Mo Matadar did and chose not to act.

FIFA rules prevent the FA from taking disciplinary action if match officials see an incident at the time and decide not to punish a player.

Chelsea are poised to get a second boost today with Frank Lampard's red card for his tackle on Xabi Alonso set to be rescinded.

It has been reported that Riley admitted he made a mistake.