Deco is delighted with the way he has settled into Chelsea's playing system.

The former Barcelona midfielder said: "Everybody wants to see good football. This team have players with great quality who can play high calibre football. It's the responsibility of all the players - partly mine, but all the players - to play exciting football, but I'm more than happy to assume that role."

Jetting round the world for two weeks may have had its disadvantages in terms of travelling and fatigue, but for Deco it has provided the perfect way to get to know his new team-mates.

Deco said: "It's only the very beginning for me at this club, but I've been really pleased with the way things have gone. When you've got players of the quality we have, it is always going to make things much easier for me to adapt."