Enzo Maresca full of praise for Chelsea’s ‘fantastic’ £51m summer signing

Ben FlemingPublished Sep 17, 2024, 5:55pm|Updated Sep 17, 2024, 5:56pm

Enzo Maresca was afloat of praise for summertime signing Estevao Willian and said Chelsea are delighted by his sparkling signifier for boyhood nine Palmeiras.

Having kept adjacent tabs connected Estevao for immoderate time, the Blues wrapped up a woody – worthy an archetypal interest of £29million – for the 17-year-old successful June.

That deal, however, could emergence to arsenic precocious arsenic £51m with assorted add-ons, a interest that would spot him go the astir costly Brazilian teen successful history.

For now, Estevao has remained successful Brazil for different play to proceed his improvement distant from the agleam lights of the Premier League.

However, those wrong Stamford Bridge – including caput manager Maresca – are already looking guardant to moving with the Brazilian adjacent twelvemonth having seen the attacker rack up 4 goals and 2 assists successful his past 4 games.

‘Yes, we are pursuing him. He is doing fantastic – but, unfortunately, helium is doing fantastic determination and not with us,’ the Italian said aft his side’s 1-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth connected Saturday.

‘We are going to hold until adjacent summertime erstwhile helium volition get present but, for sure, we are precise blessed successful the mode helium is doing these things.’

With the likes of Pedro Neto, Jadon Sancho and Joao Felix arriving this summertime alone, Estevao volition look a conflict to unit his mode into Maresca’s fist-team plans adjacent season.

But, according to the teenager’s agent, Chelsea are, successful fact, keen to deploy the winger much centrally and supply contention for Cole Palmer.

‘He tin accommodate to immoderate benignant of play,” Estevao’s typical Andre Cury told UOL successful Brazil.

‘Chelsea is simply a nine that sees Estevao playing arsenic a fig ten, for america that is important. He tin make adjacent much playing successful the middle.’

The Blues are backmost successful enactment this Saturday erstwhile they question crossed London to instrumentality connected West Ham.

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