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[0liver]

Ye, I was pretty sure he had at least a few years in his contract

[chiswickblue]

Anyway he's not playing in the EU so he wouldn't be entitled to move on a free at the end of his contract.

[falkirk/chelsea_daft]

http://www.goal.com/...ian-is-chelsea?


Santos president claims Shakhtar Donetsk's Willian is Chelsea bound
The Blues reportedly tried to sign the midfielder during the January transfer window but it now seems that they have a deal in place to sign him in the summer

Santos president Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro has claimed that Shakhtar Donetsk's Willian will join Chelsea in the summer.

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According to Ribeiro, the Club World Cup finalists made a move for the Brazil international only to discover that they could not compete with the money on offer from the Premier League outfit.

"We gave up because of a proposal that they [Shakhtar] received from Chelsea," the Santos supremo is quoted as saying by Jornal da Manha.

"It was an offer of tens of millions of euros. It seems that he will go there in the middle of the year.

"We tried [to take him] on loan until the end of the year, but it did not work out."

Willian was repeatedly linked with a move to Stamford Bridge during the January transfer window but Blues boss Andre-Villas Boas then stated that the club were unlikely to continue their pursuit of the player.

The 23-year-old Willian, who has been capped twice by his country, joined Shakhtar from Corinthians in 2007 and has been linked with a number of top European clubs over the past 12 months.


interesting if true but would surely mean no hazzard.... unless we get both!

[BluesMata8]

So apparently, we have agreed a deal for Willian and getting him in the summer. Why aren't we doing the same with Hazard?

Edited by BluesMata8, 03 February 2012 - 07:57 PM.

[Chel-Sea-FC]

BluesMata8, on 03 February 2012 - 07:50 PM, said:

So apparently, we have agreed a deal for Willian and getting in the summer? Why aren't we doing the same with Hazard?

Maybe we have?

[BluesMata8]

Chel-Sea-FC, on 03 February 2012 - 07:54 PM, said:

Maybe we have?

I seriously hope so. Would be anoyed if he goes to another English club.

[chelsea fan forever]

If I'm being honest it doesnt look like we have Agreed anything. if you look at the quote it just says because of Chelseas offer they were unable to bring him on loan due to the chances of them getting a bigger fee for Willian.

[Kezza]

All hail the new era of the club made up of Brazilians and Belgians.

Luiz, Ramires, Willian
Courtois, de Bruyne, hazard

[Suiko]

Don't forget Piazon and Lukaku

But this really isn't reliable. Wasn't this the same Santos president that claimed 5 teams met Neymar's release clause? Plus like CFF said even if he's telling the truth it doesn't exactly mean a deal has been done though that's pretty likely

[Siven]

Suiko, on 04 February 2012 - 11:34 AM, said:

Don't forget Piazon and Lukaku

But this really isn't reliable. Wasn't this the same Santos president that claimed 5 teams met Neymar's release clause? Plus like CFF said even if he's telling the truth it doesn't exactly mean a deal has been done though that's pretty likely

five teams probably did meet his buy out clause; the player didn't want to go. There's been a shift in Brazilians, a lot of them want to play at home in preparation for the 2014 world cup. Also this nonsense belief that the Brazilians playing in europe don't care as much for the shirt as those that are playing in brazil.

As it stands though, Neymar is already paid a lot of money to play in Brazil and he is god right now, why leave? How could it conceivably get any better for a 19 year old

[thevelourfog]

We can't possibly have signed him- he hasn't gone on loan to a two-bob Dutch team.

[Chrisb]

According to The Evening Standard, Chelsea have secured the transfer of Willian in the summer.

Chelsea are winning the race to sign Willian | Football

[bluecueball]

What's brilliant is that he's based that entire article on Ribeiro's comments. Wish I had his job.

[chelsea fan forever]

bluecueball, on 08 February 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

What's brilliant is that he's based that entire article on Ribeiro's comments. Wish I had his job.

Every single "Agreement" has came from them same quotes that imo dont mean anything just that he was unable to bring him on loan because we offered bigger money

Edited by chelsea fan forever, 08 February 2012 - 02:43 PM.