And despite a prolonged flirt with a move to Inter, the Portugal international looks determined to perform under new boss Carlo Ancelotti.
"I'll be here because I have a contract. I just want to play. I will do my best wherever I am on the pitch," The Times quotes the 31-year-old as saying.
"The last season was difficult for me, I had many injuries and only played a few games.
"I’m happy to play. Every player needs to play and wants to play. I hope this season I don’t have the injuries and can play the way I know."
The Stamford Bridge outfit suffered as a whole due to a host of internal problems that saw Luiz Felipe Scolari sacked, with Guus Hiddink seeing out the season for the Blues.
Deco feels that a combination of the administrative problems within the camp coupled with his catalogue of injuries contributed to his poor performances last term.
"It wasn’t just the injuries, but when you have four injuries in the same year it is difficult," he went on.
"You recover and get fit again and, straight after, another injury. It’s so difficult. I don’t like to make excuses, but I hope to work hard and start this season playing well.
"All I want to do is to play and do my best for Chelsea."
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