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Barcelona coach Rijkaard cool over Chelsea talk

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has played questions about a move to Chelsea with a straight bat.

"I'm not someone who makes plans," Rijkaard told The Independent. "If I work somewhere then I am not thinking about other things. First, I finish the job here."

When asked about whether his phlegmatic approach would work in West London, Rijkaard rejected the notion that his mantra for success is 'slowly-slowly'.

"Not slowly," he added. "The faster is the better.

"My personal fulfillment comes from the way I work with people, but the goal is to win and to give the best that you can and to have a team that can perform and make the fans proud.

"That is the goal. And that is ambitious."

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