Source: SKY_Sports
Deco wants Blues stay
Deco has revealed that he would like to stay at Chelsea this summer amid reports that he could be sold, but would consider a move if he was told he can go.[LNB] The Portuguese international has struggled with injuries and form since moving to Stamford Bridge from Barcelona last summer and it is rumoured club owner Roman Abramovich wants to sell him.[LNB]After a frustrating season though, Deco believes he has still has something to offer and his first choice would be to remain at Chelsea for the remainder of his contract.[LNB]"I do not know what will happen. At the moment I have a contract with Chelsea for two more years and I am happy here," he told ONA FM radio station.[LNB]"It is true that this has been a difficult season because of injuries that I have had, but I still have a contract here and I am not thinking about moving.[LNB]"I still hope to be able to return to playing this season and to impress. That is the only thing I am thinking about at this moment as I do not like to make plans for the future.[LNB]"If at some moment I have to think about it, because something happens, then that is when I will do it."[LNB]Mourinho praiseDeco was reported to have had the choice last year between going to Chelsea or joining former Porto boss Jose Mourinho at Inter, where the player thinks the coach has done a good job.[LNB]"Mourinho is doing well like he always has done. Wherever he has gone he has always been a winner and now he is close to winning the league and I think he has shown that he is a great coach," he continued.[LNB]"I do not know if Mourinho could return to Chelsea or if Frank Rijkaard will come and I have been asked these things many times, but I cannot talk about this as it is not my area.[LNB]"I only want to talk about coaches that I am working with as I do not like talking about suppositions or about who may come, because I do not know."[LNB]Reflecting on his time at Barcelona and his departure from the club, Deco insisted that people will look back at the team he was part of and see it as a successful one.[LNB]"It is difficult to explain what happened at Barca. They are a club that always need results and a club where there is a great deal of pressure," he explained.[LNB]"That pressure increased a lot when the team did not win anything and it was directed more and more at the first choice players, but that is normal and it has always been like that.[LNB]"But I think it is important to remember that we were a team that created an era and won some very big things for the club. I think that in a few years people will remember that fondly.[LNB]"I do not have any bad memories. Everything that I did at the club I did well and I always tried to improve myself although clearly there were times when that was not possible and last season was not good.[LNB]"But that is that and football goes on and it is important to remember these things and think about what you achieved and the good times that you had.[LNB]"I think that Barcelona is an incredible club and it was a pleasure to play there."[LNB]
