Estevao Willian has been one of the young Brazilians who has generated the most expectations in recent months. His performance in the Palmeiras youth ranks and performance in the U-17 World Cup have made him one of the most promising talents in South American football. Furthermore, he has ‘earned’ the nickname ‘Messinho’ due to his similarity to Lionel Messi on the pitch. In Brazil they see him as the next big star of his country.
Palmeiras are rubbing their hands with their performance and want to repeat the operation they completed in the winter of 2022 with Endrick. They closed his transfer for around 60 million euros to Real Madrid and he will land in the White House when he comes of age. With ‘Messinho’ the plan is the same and he could end up heading towards the Premier League, with Chelsea as the main destination.
Chelsea pushes for Estevao Willian
And, although FC Barcelona have been very attentive to his performance and are aware that the footballer’s dream is to wear Barça, They have not made any move at some point to acquire his services, understanding that it is a very expensive move and that they are not in a position to pay 60 ‘kilos’ – of his termination clause – to sign him. Later it could be a possibility, but today it is not something that is on the table. There is no how.
From the newspaper ‘SPORT’ they have indicated that the Barça team could completely lose the possibility of incorporating the 16-year-old player in the near future, since Chelsea is putting pressure on his transfer. So much so that They would have sent their representatives to Sao Paulo to try to unblock the operation and convince both Palmeiras and Estevao to sign for their team.
The ‘blues’ wanted to get ahead of the – also – growing interest from Paris Saint-Germain, whose sports advisor, Luis Campos, had traveled to the South American country on several occasions to open a possible avenue of negotiation. However, everything seems to indicate that the team from the capital of France will not make any more moves after having closed the transfers of Gabriel Moscardo and Lucas Beraldo.
The truth is that Chelsea are willing to go all out to get the services of ‘Messingo’ and, always according to the aforementioned source, they would have sent Laurence Stewart and another manager to Sao Paulo to negotiate with Leila. Pereira, president of Palmeiras. In the same, They would have tried to lower the price of the clause of 60 ‘kilos’, but from the ‘Verdao’ they have closed their mouths. There will be no discounts, as happened at the time with Endrick and Real Madrid.
And it is worth remembering that Palmeiras has to achieve a high asking price if they want to profit from Estevao’s move, since they only have 70% of the player’s rights. As explained in ‘SPORT’, the remaining 30% corresponds to the forward’s family. That is, if the sale is completed for €60M, €42M would be for ‘Verdao’ and another €18M for the ‘Messinho’ environment.
2024-01-12 23:38:01
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