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Don’t price me out says Deco
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. [>
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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.[>
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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.[>
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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.[>
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“At my age you cannot ask for too much for me,” said Deco, who turns 31 this month.[>
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Meanwhile, £40m Chelsea target Fernando Torres said last night that he would be staying at Anfield. [>
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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.”[>
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Torres was speaking on Guillembalague.com.[>