Cole Palmer despatched a particular message to Chelsea’s 17-year-old Brazilian wonderkid Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalve on Instagram.
Chelsea accomplished a deal for the Palmeiras teenager who is just often known as Estêvão Willian, and even simply Estêvão, in June 2024.
Estêvão will formally be a part of Chelsea on July 1, 2025 as soon as his 18th birthday has handed however the teenager is already dreaming of taking part in alongside Palmer.
The winger has revealed that Palmer despatched him a message on social media the day after he signed for Chelsea, with the Englishman labelling him as a ‘star’ already.
Palmer additionally instructed Estêvão that the duo are going to attain ‘nice issues collectively for Chelsea’ as soon as he turns up at Stamford Bridge subsequent 12 months.
Chatting with The Guardian, Estêvão stated: ‘Once I signed for Chelsea, the following day I scored a objective and celebrated like Palmer.
‘His celebration was stylish, very fashionable. We talked on social media, I tagged him on Instagram.
‘He referred to as me a star, I stated he’s a star too. He stated we’re going to do lots of nice issues collectively for Chelsea.’
Chelsea have reportedly paid a €34m (£28.5m) charge to land Estêvão and will find yourself forking out one other €23m (£19.3m) in performances-based incentives.
Estêvão earned his first caps for the Brazil first-team this 12 months and has revealed how he made Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson ‘offended’ on worldwide obligation.
‘In taking pictures coaching, I began to hit all of the pictures and Alisson bought a bit offended,’ Estêvão added.
‘He stated he was nonetheless warming up, that I ought to wait a little bit bit. However I took it a bit significantly and scored many objectives [against] him.
‘He took all of it in jest, however I hope that subsequent 12 months I can do once more towards him in [Premier League] matches. We’ll see lots of one another in England.’
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