Feeling Blue: Deco has failed to make an impression
at Chelsea
Chelsea midfielder Deco says Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan
are trying to sign him - and he hopes the move goes
through.
The Brazilian-born Portuguese international, 31, is
unsettled at Stamford Bridge, where he has lost his place in the
team, and admits he would love to move to Italy to team up with
Mourinho, his former coach at Porto.
Deco said: 'I won’t deny that there is contact,
but nothing is defined. It’s a solution which I welcome, of
course, and it would be a pleasure to be back with Mourinho,
but I don’t want to go into details, because it’s not me who’s
dealing with the matter.'
Deco has told his Chelsea bosses that he is unhappy and has been
assured that they would be willing to let him leave. He is likely
to be joined by defender Ricardo Carvalho, another Mourinho
protégé.
Mourinho makes no secret of his admiration for the Chelsea pair
and admits: 'If I sign any Portuguese, it may be a Portuguese who
isn’t in Portugal. But I won’t name names.'
Chelsea’s on-loan winger Ricardo Quaresma is also moving
in the same direction by heading back to Inter. He says that
he wants to re-establish himself at the San Siro, but Inter are
said to be considering an offer from Genoa.