Source: Daily_Mail
Atletico Madrid set to step in and end Deco's Chelsea nightmare
Atletico Madrid are set to offer Deco a ticket back to Spain this summer.
The Chelsea midfielder is likely to miss the remainder of the season becaus of a hamstring injury.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is reported to have ordered a clear-out of many of the thirty-somethings at Stamford Bridge and Deco, 31, has not been the success his initial displays promised after his £8million move from Barcelona last summer.
The Portugal international was not a regular starter before his injury and Atletico see Deco as a midfield leader whose experience of La Liga will be crucial.
Whoever is the manager of Chelsea next season should have Michael Essien, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole available for midfield places which would reduce Deco's chances of regular first-team football.
Deco also knows that to stay in the Portugal team he needs the place in the starting XI Atletico could offer him.
