"They will all arrive before the end of my third year here," said Calderon. "We can assume that Arjen Robben [Chelsea] will arrive this summer, Cesc Fabregas [Arsenal] inside a year and Kaka [AC Milan] the next one."

Asked about the £20 million he paid for Porto defender Pepe, Calderon insisted: "He'll prove value for money.

"We did well to get him on the quiet because if other clubs had been aware of his availability he would have gone for even more."