CHAD OCHOCINCO I'LL PAY ANYTHING TO WEAR #85 ON THE PATRIOTS

I have traded to a new team ... Chad Ochocinco but does not want the number of New Jersey -and sources close to the NFL star tell TMZ .. He was willing to do whatever it takes to sport # 85 of the New England Patriots this season.

The problem is .... Number now belongs to the STUD Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez - whorocked the # 85 in 2010 ... When the majority of all season long.

We are told Ochocinco - which is his last name to match the jersey number a few years ago -Hernandez wants to pay to give up the numbers ... Sources say Chad was "No number is too high."

FYI - Jersey numbers do not come cheap - costing a cool Clinton Portis to $ 18K to buy 26 # ofteam-mate when he was traded to the Washington Redskins a few years ago.