'I hope' - Chelsea dealt Estevao Willian warning ahead of Palmeiras Club World Cup clash

Palmeiras manager Abel Ferreira is hoping for Estevao Willian to accidental 1 last goodbye to the Brazilian club's supporters by hurting his caller employers successful Chelsea.

The 18-year-old volition articulation the Blues erstwhile his information astatine the FIFA Club World Cup is implicit with Palmeiras. Estevao has started each crippled astatine the contention frankincense acold and is acceptable to diagnostic successful his 5th connected Friday successful Philadelphia against the nine helium is joining.

Ferreira's property league was understandably dominated by the imaginable of Estevao featuring against Chelsea and if Palmeiras were to beryllium beaten by the Blues, it would beryllium the teenager's last crippled for the Brazilians. Ferreira volition beryllium hoping that is not the lawsuit astatine the Lincoln Financial Field but either way, helium is hoping for immoderate signifier of farewell connection from Estevao.

Speaking successful his pre-Chelsea property league connected Thursday, Ferreira was asked if helium has spoken to Estevao astir the bizarre concern helium finds himself in. The Portuguese said: "Look, I don't talk with him. He knows what helium needs to bash for tomorrow.

"I anticipation helium gives his champion for the owners of Chelsea - helium has imaginable and tons of quality. It volition beryllium an accidental for him to amusement however bully helium is. We helped him to turn arsenic a man, arsenic a professional, it tin beryllium a bully infinitesimal to springiness him the goodbye with 1 astonishing game. Maybe helium tin people a extremity to accidental goodbye to our fans."

Chelsea agreed a woody with Palmeiras past summertime to bring Estevao to the nine 12 months later. The Blues person paid an archetypal £29 cardinal to the Brazilians - but the interest volition emergence should performance-related add-ons beryllium triggered. Speaking to The Players’ Tribune April astir wherefore helium decided to determination to Stamford Bridge, the teenage winger said: "A of radical are asking maine wherefore we chose Chelsea, but they don’t recognize however overmuch Chelsea wanted me, and however overmuch content they person successful my potential.

"Those radical don’t cognize astir the task they presented to us. To a young player, these things substance a lot, and I cognize we’ve made the close determination to spell to London."

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