The thrill and anticipation for the arrival of Estevao Willian at Chelsea continues forward of his transfer being made official in the summertime of 2025. It’ll quickly be right here now.
Till then although, the Brazilian worldwide remains to be taking part in out his video games in Brazil, and on the weekend he confronted up in opposition to a well-recognized Chelsea cult hero, Thiago Silva.
Estevao was on the dropping aspect, taking place 1-0 to Silva’s Fluminense. However he did handle to catch a dialog with the previous Blues fan favorite after the sport.
“Thiago Silva simply advised me after our recreation that Chelsea is high they usually’re ready for me with open arms,” Estevao revealed in an interview with ESPN Brasil this week.
Who is aware of, in the future quickly Silva might effectively be teaching Estevao at Chelsea in some capability, as a result of he desires to return to the membership as a coach when he retires and completes his badges.
Estevao is the following largest factor out of Brazil, and he’s already profitable awards.
This season, he has simply received the Finest Younger Participant and Finest Attacker of the 2024 Brasileirão with Palmeiras!
That’s simply unbelievable for the 17-year-old who already additionally has 4 senior worldwide caps with Brazil to his identify.
Within the interview additionally, he reveals that he ideally desires to play within the 10 place, and would like to put on the quantity 41.
“I don’t have a desire, however I actually like 41. If they’ve 41, will probably be cool too,” he continued.
“I’ve all the time been a quantity ten and I went to the wing to have one-on-ones. After all I respect Abel’s (Ferreira) choice, I do know that I’ve loved being on the wing extra, however who is aware of, sooner or later I’ll play the place I really feel extra snug, which is inside.”
It is going to be fascinating to see the place he matches in to this Chelsea aspect in the summertime and what place he performs. The plan is he’ll be part of the primary workforce squad immediately. We’re fairly packed in these attacking areas in the mean time. We will see how that every one unfolds in one other nice ‘downside’ for Enzo Maresca to have.
Estevao speaks to Reece James and Cole Palmer already, which is very nice to listen to.
“Cole Palmer talks to me on Instagram and likewise Reece James mentioned if I would like something let him know.”
I like to listen to that from James. He’s a really quiet soul, however I wish to know that he’s doing his captain duties by reaching out to new signings like this. That’s nice.
There is no such thing as a doubt that Estevao goes to be a future star, I feel each single particular person inside the trade totally believes that. Bayern Munich tried to hijack the signing late on however he caught along with his Chelsea plan. And we’re massively fortunate to be welcoming him to the membership in the summertime.
