Portuguese goalkeeper Sampaio Hilario has confirmed he has completed his move to Chelsea on a two-year deal from Nacional de Madeira after undergoing a medical with the Premiership champions.

The 30-year-old Nacional keeper said: "I'm eager to start working with my new colleagues.”

He will become boss Jose Mourinho's third-choice goalkeeper behind Czech Republic keeper Petr Cech and Italy's Carlo Cudicini.

Hilario added: "I have come here with two aims, to work hard and to make it difficult for Mourinho.

"I want to complicate his life. There are many minutes in a season and I am going to work hard in order to earn the confidence of the coach,” said Hilario.

The Portuguese shot-stopper also knows how hard it will be to break into the first-team at Stamford Bridge saying: "I respect and admire Cech and Cudicini, they are two great goalkeepers."

Mourinho, who coached Hilario at Porto in the 2003/04 season, told Portuguese TV on Wednesday: "I already worked with him and I know he is intelligent.

"It's necessary to be intelligent in order be a substitute to the best goalkeeper in the world.

"He is not only bright but he also has common sense."

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