Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has cooled talk relating to comments made about his summer transfer plans earlier this week.

Villas-Boas admitted he would like to bring Porto star Hulk to Chelsea, or a player with similar qualities.

But he ruled out paying the winger's £85million release clause, saying: "Those times are over."

The Chelsea boss also played down his revelation that Salomon Kalou and Florent Malouda would be leaving this summer.

Kalou is a free agent at the end of the season and looks certain to leave but Villas-Boas claimed he and Malouda were both open to the latter staying next term.