About Deco and Riccy deals..

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has accused former club Chelsea of making it difficult for him to sign Ricardo Carvalho and Deco.

Mourinho says the Blues have increased the price for the Portuguese duo after discovering his interest in them.

"It's very difficult for a Chelsea player to come to me," Mourinho told a news conference before Saturday's Italian Super Cup against Lazio.

"Every time I'm interested in one of their players, it looks different."

Midfielder Deco and defender Carvalho were part of the Porto team that Mourinho guided to Champions League victory in 2004.

Carvalho was one of Mourinho's first signings during his successful three-year reign at Stamford Bridge, which ended in September 2007 after an apparent breakdown in his relationship with owner Roman Abramovich.

When they know Inter are interested, the price for Deco goes from zero to five (million) and for Carvalho from five to 15 (million).

Inter president Massimo Moratti told La Gazzetta dello Sport in June that talks had begun between the clubs over Carvalho and Deco but these now appear to be stalling, much to Mourinho's frustration.

"In the summer we were told he (Deco) was almost free to come," said Mourinho. "Two weeks later, when they know Inter are interested, it goes zero to five (million) and for Carvalho from five to 15 (million). Something like that."

Deco fell from favour after arriving at Chelsea in an £8m move from Barcelona in the summer of 2008 - and recently admitted he hoped to be reunited with Mourinho in Italy.

And Carvalho, a success at Stamford Bridge but restricted by injury to only 18 appearances last season, has revealed he wants to leave Chelsea after five years.

Mourinho also said Serie A champions Inter had heard nothing from Arsenal or Tottenham Hotspur about midfielder Patrick Vieira, who has been linked with a move to the Gunners - his former club - or their North London rivals.

"If they want him, they have to let us know," he said. "I have to say until this moment, no Tottenham, no Arsenal. They have not contacted us."

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JM wasn't complaining when he was spending Roman's money like it was going out of style. That is until he was told there wasn't any left and then it was a case of good and not-so-good eggs.

Jose is a hypocrite. Inter are one of the richest clubs around and spent plenty in the last few years. If they don't like the price quoted, they can go f..k themselves.

Boo hoo

why should we give our players away for cheap when no one else is???

if bassong is worth the £10 mil quoted from the barcodes to the spuds how much is riccy worth?? at least £25mil in my estimation

fair enough deco is probably only worth what we payed for him

so FF off Jose

JM wasn't complaining when he was spending Roman's money like it was going out of style. That is until he was told there wasn't any left and then it was a case of good and not-so-good eggs.

Jose is a hypocrite. Inter are one of the richest clubs around and spent plenty in the last few years. If they don't like the price quoted, they can go f..k themselves.

exactly. It was all fun and games when he was here. Does he really think the public is naieve enough to believe "free to come" means a player will cost nothing?

He is making himself look stupid, the way he is constantly talking about Chelsea. Get over it.

He is becoming a voyeur

Jose loves Chelsea..it surprises me he hasn't offered double the asking price to help us out..

I read he also had a dig about us playing a strong squad against his lot and AC..while he tested an 18 year old keeper,

Bitter..some might think so

They also made ridiculously good deal with Zlatan-Eto. As Tubby-Tommy put it: "It's a deal, it's a steal, it's the Sale of the f**king Century!"

And other teams don't raise the price in case of interest. What about Bayern with Ribery. I think it was something like 44mill and now it is 100mill..Should we be the puppets we used to be loaning out players like Crespo and still paying half of their salary..Jose knows how we work so he tries to use the old tricks. Times have changed.

Anyway we should get rid of those two before the end of this month...

f**k off now Jose

Anybody seen the latest Sky Sports advert?

Jose saying that he thinks Sky Sports is 'special', surrounded by clips of Joe Cole and Anelka celebrating (among other players, but we get more players at the start while he talks)

People saying Chelsea fans should move on from Jose should also tell him that! Also Sky, why they still put him in adverts predominantly pushing the premier league games is beyond me.

I think it must be bitter for Jose to now watch enemy Carlo running the team and so will occasionally dig at the club in the press.

Anyone actually heard the audio of this? He actually goes "Two weeks later, when they know Chelsea-, when they know Inter are interested, it goes zero to five..."

He might have just gotten mixed up but it sounded as if his old habits were coming out a bit

Edited August 7, 200916 yr by TheWestwayWonder

I miss him.

Jose just being Jose.