DECO last night pleaded with Barcelona not to
price him out of a move to Chelsea on the back of his performances
for Portugal at Euro2008.
Chelsea were moving
closer to £15million deal for the Barca star after he flew
out of Portugal’s training camp on Thursday for talks in
Barcelona. Playmaker Deco told reporters that his
cloak-and-dagger mission had been to discuss his divorce – in
reality it was for a meeting with his agent Jorge Mendes and
Chelsea officials.
Luiz Felipe Scolari is
moving quickly to reshape the Chelsea squad after being named as
the club’s new manager on Wednesday night. Deco’s potential arrival
raises even more question marks over the future of Frank Lampard,
but he could still stay if Scolari makes it clear that the England
star is part of his plans.
Deco, who is also being
chased by his old boss Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan, admitted he is
worried that Barcelona would now jack up his price.
“At my age you cannot
ask for too much for me,” said Deco, who turns 31 this month.
Meanwhile, £40m Chelsea
target Fernando Torres said last night that he would be staying at
Anfield. He said: “I have no intention of leaving Liverpool.
We need to focus our energies to give us the little step we need to
get to the top teams.”
Torres was speaking
on Guillembalague.com.
