Deco admits he's shocked by Chelsea's sacking of coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.

"Scolari is a good coach and he should have been given more time to get the project right," he told the Daily Star.

"I was shocked when I heard the news, I almost could not believe it. The reason I came to Chelsea was to play for Scolari.

"He explained the ambitious project they had here and I decided to sign and rejected a lot of other offers."