{"id":282923,"date":"2025-11-25T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/282923\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:24:08","slug":"what-chelsea-did-to-beat-psg-to-signing-estevao-willian-in-todd-boehly-masterstroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/282923\/","title":{"rendered":"What Chelsea did to beat PSG to signing Estevao Willian in Todd Boehly masterstroke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea fans are convinced they have a superstar in their ranks when it comes to Estevao Willian after his electric start to life at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/raphinha-makes-claim-about-estevao-willian-and-lamine-yamal-after-playing-alongside-both-wonderkids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao is being compared to Lamine Yamal<\/a> ahead of Chelsea\u2019s clash with Barcelona in the Champions League, and the Brazilian is certainly a player who could have been featuring for a side of that stature.<\/p>\n<p>        Who is Chelsea\u2019s best winger?       <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/estevao-willian-has-sparked-an-internal-debate-at-real-madrid-after-immediate-impact-at-chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid are internally fuming they didn\u2019t sign Estevao<\/a>, however it was another European giant who were rivalling the Blues for his signature.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/psg-tried-to-sign-29m-player-before-he-agreed-to-chelsea-move\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea pipped PSG to Estevao\u2019s signature<\/a>, and he continued to feature at Palmeiras until officially joining the Blues over the summer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2245177548-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Estevao Willian celebrates goal for Chelsea against Qarabag\" class=\"wp-image-335338\" \/>Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesEstevao chose Chelsea over PSG due to pathway to Brazil 2026 World Cup squad<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity to feature for the side who were on their way to winning the Champions League was no doubt appealing, however Chelsea made sure they made assurances to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/estevao-willian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao<\/a> to convince him to move to Stamford Bridge instead.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cwyx985dr74o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Sport<\/a>, the Blues promised the Brazil international substantial first team minutes as soon as he arrived at the club, helping him out with his ambition of featuring at the World Cup in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/enzo-maresca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Maresca<\/a> is doing his best to protect his brilliant but young talent, his impact on the first team squad has been emphatic since he joined.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2246295758-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Estevao kissing Brazil badge\" class=\"wp-image-336506\" \/>Photo by Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Offside via Getty ImagesEstevao primed for big World Cup campaign<\/p>\n<p>Despite being just 18 years of age, it has not taken the winger long to be a firm part of Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s plans with Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>        Carlo Ancelotti has high hopes for Estevao Willian   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstevao has incredible talent on the right. With him, Brazil has a guarnateed future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti      <\/p>\n<p>Despite the quality of Raphinha and Vinicius Jr in the Brazil squad, it has been Estevao scoring frequently in their recent games.<\/p>\n<p>He also stepped up to take a penalty in their last friendly match, proving that he is happy dealing with the responsibility and pressure that comes with being the go-to man for Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>There is a huge chance for Estevao to start for his country in North America next summer, and this is largely down to Chelsea giving him the platform to succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea fans are convinced they have a superstar in their ranks when it comes to Estevao Willian after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[22348,218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-282923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-estevao-willian","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}