RIO DE JANEIRO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Jiangsu Suning's Brazilian midfielder Ramires has expressed a desire to finish his career in his homeland, but insisted that he is focused on seeing out his contract with the Chinese Super League club.
Ramires, who has almost two full years left on his four-year contract, said he was aware of speculation linking him with clubs in Europe and Brazil.
"I heard that many European clubs were interested in signing me, such as Inter Milan," the 30-year-old told Brazilian news portal Globo Esporte. "But Jiangsu decided that I should stay. I'm going to perform as well as I can for the club and who knows what the future holds."
Ramires, who began his career at Joinville before moving to Cruzeiro in 2007 and then Benfica two years later, said a return to Brazil would occur "naturally".
"Everybody knows how I feel about Cruzeiro and Joinville," he said. "They are clubs that helped me a lot when I started and I've always had great support from them. So if the possibility arises, those will be my preferred clubs, without doubt. But I'm not discounting any other team that might be interested in me."
Ramires is currently in Brazil to attend to personal matters and is scheduled to fly back to China next week.
