Price hikes: Jose Mourinho
Marco Giacomelli11 April 2012
Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho claimed today he has been unable to sign Deco and Ricardo Carvalho for Inter Milan because the Blues bumped up their price as soon as they knew he was interested.
Mourinho, who has been after the midfielder and defender all summer, said: "To be fair about Deco, I feel it's very difficult for a Chelsea player to come to me.
Every time I'm interested in one of their players, it looks quite different. In the summer we were told he was almost free to come.
"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."
