Barcelona's Deco has picked out Manchester United as one of the main threats on the road to the Champions League final. "United are strong," he told Champions magazine of the UEFA Champions League."They have improved since last season with their new signings."
He also named Milan and Real Madrid as rivals of Barcelona. "Milan are always the same. They seem dead in the water, seem to be playing badly but in the final stages they become too strong. And Real Madrid signed pretty wisely in the summer."
Deco, 29, added: "I am curious about Arsenal, to see if they can keep going until the end of the season. And we have to see what is to be of Chelsea."
The midfielder, who won his first Champions League title in Jose Mourinho's Porto side in 2004 said: "Mourinho makes his players better. I have only good things to say about him. Let's wait and see at the end of the season how much Chelsea miss him."
Deco says he is committed to Barca despite summer speculation about his future. "They told me that I was part of the project and they didn't want me to leave. I had to take their word, didn't I?
"However, the time of every player at any club always comes to an end. Always. i have a contract until 2010 and my intention is to stay here. But, if the club is not satisfied with me, we will go our separate ways. that is normal, it is part of football."
Fighting for a place in the attack are Messi, Eto'o, Thierry Henry and two pearls from the club's academy Giovani Dos Santos and Spaniard Bojan Krkic, who has Serbian roots.
He added: "We have some new players this year, but the structure of the team hasn't changed. We will all suffer a lot of pressure throughout the season, and Rijkaard will suffer from it above all - the coach is always in the spotlight. The group of players is bigger, and the main difficulty will be keeping everybody calm and satisfied."
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