BRAZILIANS TO CHELSEA!!

The Barcelona superstar openly declared his desire to play for the Blues in a bid to speed up talks between the two clubs.

Scolari led Brazil to World Cup glory in 2002 with Ronaldinho as the key man and now wants to work with him again at Stamford Bridge.

Ronaldinho, 28, said: “It’s marvellous Big Phil is interested in signing me because he’s an excellent manager.

“I have great respect for him because I’ve known him since I was a little kid and he was manager of Gremio.

“If this opportunity to work with him again comes off it will be beautiful.

“We have a joint history in the world of football. We won a World Cup together which I will never forget.”

Former Portugal coach Scolari has already raided Barca to make playmaker Deco his first Chelsea signing for £8.3million.

Now Ronaldinho is set to leave the Nou Camp after two trophy-less seasons in which he has come under fierce flak for his partying lifestyle.

Before that, he led the Spanish giants to two La Liga titles and a Champions League crown — and was voted World Player of the Year in successive seasons as a result.

But he has failed to reproduce that scintillating form and his off-field activities openly came into question in the Catalan media.

Ronaldinho has been out of action since March and is now training to recover from a thigh injury — with critics slamming his tubby appearance.

He is aiming to take part in the Beijing Olympics with Brazil next month as part of his recuperation programme, although Barca are against the idea.

Ronnie added: “It’s something that motivates me greatly.

“One of my objectives is to go to the Games and I am preparing myself for this.

“I haven’t been to Barcelona yet to speak to the club, my thoughts are focused on my recovery and to return to action.

“When the time comes I will speak to the club to resolve the situation.

“I think the peak of my career has not arrived yet.

“I am dreaming of winning many more titles with Brazil, which is what motivates me to train. I am still very young to think I’ve won everything.”

Asked if he was the ‘King of the Night’ he responded: “I’ve always been like this, I never had problems in my life because of it.

''My routine was always the same but football is like this. When the trophies don’t come, people start inventing a vast number of things.

“My life as a single man has never interfered in my professional life.”

Ronaldinho’s fellow Brazilian Robinho is also wanted by Chelsea — according to his agent Vagner Ribeiro.

Ribeiro claimed he met Blues sporting director Frank Arnesen to discuss a move for the Real Madrid striker.

He said: “Chelsea have been after Robinho for a while and there has been much more contact since Scolari became coach.

“I met with Frank Arnesen in London and he confirmed that Chelsea wanted my player for next season.”

Real are reportedly keen to offload Robinho, 24, to free up some cash to buy Manchester United goal-king Cristiano Ronaldo.

But Ribeiro rapped: “We don’t like this attitude and want Madrid to start valuing Robinho because at the moment they’re not. Robinho is as good a player as Ronaldo — or better.”