Completely unprovoked, the conversation took an expected diversion in Porto on Tuesday. 'Chelsea have a value of around £700million but money doesn't play,' exclaimed Pepe rather out of the blue.
As we know, Pepe — a three-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid — is a master of the dark arts, but even for him this was slightly out of the ordinary.
Next, his manager Sergio Conceicao, again unprompted, was on the front foot about cash — or rather Porto's lack of it.
Porto manager Sergio Conceicao was also quick to bring up cash in the build up
'When we go to the field we are not thinking we have spent £25m and Chelsea £250m in the market,' he said.