The Portugal playmaker, whose four-year spell with the Primera Liga side is set to come to an end this summer, has revealed he is a admirer of the Belarus midfielder.

"Most of the players (tipped to replace me) are good players," Deco said in an interview with El Mundo Deportivo.

He added: "I like Hleb a lot. I have followed him since his time at Stuttgart and also at Arsenal."

Deco claimed Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o, who also both look set to leave Barcelona, would be difficult to replace.

"They don't deserve the treatment they have received over the last few months," he said.

"They should leave with their heads held high for everything they have achieved at the club. They will be difficult to replace."

Deco admitted he has still to decide where he will play his football next season, but hinted he may join either Inter Milan or Chelsea.

"I will have to look at a lot of things," he said. "My relationship with (Inter coach) Jose (Mourinho) is undoubtedly excellent and that counts.

"Inter are a good team and any player would be happy to play there, but Chelsea are as well, and several friends of mine play there, like Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, Hilario and now Jose Bosingwa."

Deco also revealed he would love to team up with Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari at club level, but did not know whether it would be at Chelsea.

"You'll have to ask him about that (the speculation linking Scolari to the West Londoners)," he said.

"But he is also a coach with whom I have a great trust and a relationship that is impossible to better."

The two-time Champions League winner insisted he would only go to a team which will challenge for silverware.

"What is clear is that I will not go to a club which doesn't interest me, or one where I cannot continue to win trophies," he said.

Meanwhile, the Brazil-born midfielder claims the transfer saga involving team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo is not affecting Portugal'sEuro 2008 aspirations.

"Cristiano is very calm and centred, he is taking it well," Deco added.

"The priority is Portugal and anyone who doesn't understand that would have serious problems with Scolari and with the group."

Deco believes Portugal have a great chance of going all the way in Austria and Switzerland.

"We are a good team and we could go far at this Euro 2008," he said.

"We have a defence which I believe is one of the best in the world, with Bosingwa, Carvalho, Pepe, Paulo Ferreira.

"We have attackers like Simao, Cristiano, Nuno Gomes, Quaresma, attacking midfielders and youngsters like Nani, (Joao) Moutinho and (Raul) Meireles, a (midfield) boss like my friend Petit and a great coach in Scolari.

"We could and should try to repeat the final of 2004 or the semi-final in the 2006 World Cup."