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Deco: I'll Leave Chelsea For Brazil Return... Eventually

Deco has vowed to return to Brazil, while insisting that Chelsea boss Scolari isn't treating him like a favourite son...

7 Jan 2009 09:27:38

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Although he insists he's happy at Chelsea for the time being, Deco has pledged to return to his Brazilian homeland.

This is interesting in itself, for the playmaker has made a name for himself on the international scene with the Selecção das Quinas as a naturalised Portuguese superstar.

Nevertheless, home is where the heart is, and the 31-year-old will head back there in due course.

Deco is quoted by Setanta as telling RTP: "I’ve been thinking of returning to Brazil for a while now, although I can still achieve good things [in Europe].

"I don’t want to return for the sake of it and, besides, I’m under contract for three more years at Chelsea.

"Still, I can say it'll be my last contract in Europe."

On Brazilian countryman Luiz Felipe Scolari, his former Portugal boss and current Blues gaffer, Deco gushed: "We work together on a daily basis, which is a good experience. He’s a fantastic person.

"Is he biased towards me? That's nonsense! I'd already won many titles without Scolari.

"I don’t need to defend myself - I've just never been a sub."

Greg Ptolomey, Goal.com