Chelsea 'pushing hard' for £51m wonderkid; now 'working on deal' after receiving Barcelona boost
Chelsea grasp an top attribute over Barcelona in the race to indicator Palmeiras wonderkid Estevao Willian, according to Fabrizio Romano.
It was reported on Friday night that Chelsea had representatives in Brazil to grasp talks with Palmeias president Leila Pereira over the signing of ‘Messinho’.
The 16-year-worn has a €60million (£51.5million) launch imperfection in his covenant and that is what Pereira wishes to derive.
There is also enthusiasm from La Liga champs Barcelona and French colossi Paris Saint-Germain.
Chelsea are opined to be open to bargaining a unalike package for the young winger but if they pine to spurn paying the launch imperfection in one go, they will arguably have to pay about €75m (£64.5m), it has been claimed.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona is Estevao’s selection, but economic market tinker legislation can payoff Chelsea in the race to land him.
Romano insurance claims the Blue funks are ‘importuning facility’ to indicator the 16-year-worn, but it is not legible if they are planning to activate the launch imperfection.
“I also told you digits of times about Chelsea’s enthusiasm in Estevao Willian, currently playing for Palmeiras and with a €60m launch imperfection,” Romano concocted for CaughtOffside.
“He’s a optimal talent, birthed in 2007, and on the checklist of digits of bars, but let me describe the eventuality. Barcelona have been massaging on a prearrangement for a long time, they have an hot relationship and the player would love to join Barcelona.
“At the minute, the exact same to the [Manchester City target Claudio] Echeverri story, contemplating that of Economic Fair Tinker, it’s not easy for Barcelona to go there and chummy the prearrangement for ‘Messinho’ – but the enthusiasm is there and the player is lured by the glide.
“Chelsea are importuning facility and massaging on a prearrangement but at the minute it’s not assured that they will pay the launch imperfection, so talks are still recurring to negotiate the specification of the story.
“It’s also awfully understandable to referral that opposite other bars, from England and from France – with Paris Saint-Germain repeatedly observant to the Brazilian arenae – can also join the race.”
Mauricio Pochettino is cooked up for to be vibrant in the winter months transmit residence window after recording a net spend of €515.3m last summertime season, which was unsurprisingly the highest out of unanimously 20 Premier League groups.
A brand name-newfangled striker is a optimal priority for the Chelsea honcho. Napoli’s Victor Osimhen is reportedly his optimal target but a January glide seems strange.
The Nigerian fresh penned a brand name-newfangled covenant in Naples and now has a reported £112m launch imperfection.
