Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho heaped praise Saturday on Inter Milan's Brazilian striker Adriano, predicting the player will soon become the world's greatest striker.

"It seems obvious that Adriano is the striker of the next few years because of his efficiency, technical capability, his almost above human physical capacity, his dominance of different stages of the game, and his aggressive and competitive mentality," he wrote in his weekly commentary in Portuguese sports daily Record.

"Ronaldo is Ronaldo and will continue to be so but Adriano will become the great striker of world football," the Portuguese coach added.

Adriano scored a hattrick in the first half of Inter Milan's 5-0 win against Messina last weekend.

The Brazilian is currently the Italian league's top scorer with 13 goals.