Barcelona’s director, Deco, has defined why the membership selected to not signal Willian Estevao earlier than he joined Chelsea.
The younger Brazilian has been doing very well since shifting to Stamford Bridge in the summertime, and folks throughout Europe are speaking about how nice he’s.
Earlier than Estevao joined Chelsea from Palmeiras, the younger participant had already attracted consideration from Barcelona and he even stated he hoped to signal with them.
Deco has now make clear why their curiosity decreased, explaining that the rise of Lamine Yamal and the similarities between the 2 gamers made them resolve to maneuver away from Estevao.
“There are a number of causes. Proper now, throughout this a part of constructing the crew, we have already got a participant who performs in the identical place and has comparable traits known as Lamine Yamal. It’s apparent. Possibly if Estevao was a right-footed participant on the opposite wing, that would have labored… however that wasn’t the scenario.
“He’s a participant who is sort of like Lamine, however with some totally different traits. Lamine and Estevao are each actually good gamers, however again then, that wasn’t the best determination,” he stated, through tribuna.com.
“It wasn’t in regards to the high quality of the participant, however about Barça needing to strengthen their crew at the moment.”
Chelsea overcame sturdy competitors from Bayern Munich to herald the winger, who has since turn into a key participant for the Brazil nationwide crew.
They gave Palmeiras £29 million upfront, they usually additionally plan to pay an additional £26 million based mostly on how nicely the participant performs. Estevao has scored six targets for the Blues this season, together with one towards Barcelona.
