Mourinho lines up stunning £50m bid for Arsenal’s Ramsey

JOSE MOURINHO will make a shock bid for  Aaron Ramsey — if he fails to lure Borussia Dortmund star  Henrikh Mkhitaryan. The Special One is ready to wind up bitter rival Arsene Wenger by targeting the £50million-rated Arsenal star. Welshman Ramsey, 25,  is taking the Euros by storm and   Mourinho wants him to be Manchester United’s answer to  Frank Lampard. Mkhitaryan, 27, remains his top summer target, but Dortmund are playing hardball over a fee for their  attacker. United have  tabled an  improved bid of £28m for the Armenia captain, after an initial offer of £19.3m was rejected. But boss Mourinho fears Dortmund will dig in over  a player who last season bagged 19 goals and  provided 24 assists. The German giants  have already lost Ilkay Gundogan to  Manchester City and Mats Hummels to rivals Bayern Munich. Now Dortmund chief Hans-Joachim Watzke fears losing Mkhitaryan  would send out the wrong message to stars Marco Reus and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Mkhitaryan only has a year left on his current deal, but could be forced to see out his contract and leave on a free next summer. So Mourinho  is ready to turn his attention to the in-form Ramsey. Raiding Prem rivals Arsenal for Rambo   would be one of Mourinho’s boldest ever transfer moves. He knows he would  face  fierce resistance from  Gunners boss  Wenger. Yet he is ready to test the water  with a  £35m   bid if Dortmund refuse to do business.