After the Chelsea Takeover by the Current American Investors, they quickly made their Strategy known that they were going to Sign the Best young players all around the world and build a new team made of young players who are then expected to grow into thier fill potentials.
This has seen Chelsea Sign multiple U23 talented youngstars for the past 3 Tranfer Windows, Players such has; Andre Santos – 19yrs, Carney Chukwuemeka – 19yrs, Angelo Gabriel – 18yrs, Cesare Casadei – 20yrs, Datro Fofana – 20yrs, Malo Gusto – 20yrs, Diego Moriera – 18yrs, Romeo Lavia – 19yrs, Lesley Ugochukwu – 19yrs, Mykhailo Mudryk – 21yrs, Benoit Badiashile – 22yrs, Deivid Washington – 18yrs, Noni Madueke – 21yrs, Nicolas Jackson – 22yrs, Moises Caicedo – 22yrs, Enzo Fernandez – 21yrs, Kendey Paez – 17yrs, excluding thier never ending pool of young academy graduates already at the club, Connor Gallagher, Alfie Gilchrist and the likes, and even thier Star Player in the just Concluded 23/24 EPL Season Cole Palmer at 21yrs old.
After all these signing thier intentions was crystal clear for the Footballing world to see, however there was still a name Chelsea wanted to add to thier Squad which was the highly Rated Brazilian Wonder-kid Endrick from Brazilian Club Palmeiras,
Now Chelsea were already working on his transfer to the point of even inviting the player and his parents to the clubs for more details, and one way or the other Chelsea lost the player to Spanish Giants Real Madrid,
As said by the Player’s Father in an Interview;
• Endrick was one step away from joining Chelsea, his father Douglas has revealed. – Fabrizio Romano
“We received an invitation from Chelsea, from the owner, and we went there to see the club and the country. We saw Chelsea play against Arsenal and we had the opportunity to see the coach, the facilities, Jorginho, César Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva.
“They explained everything to us. We were introduced to the person who would help us settle in. She showed us the house we would live in, the school that Endrick would attend, the church we would attend. Everything was in order for us and Chelsea.
However, everything was twisted at the last moment: I can’t say 100% because I hadn’t signed yet, but the agreement was closed. I had already thought that I would live in London with all that cold weather. But then, at night, my son’s representative called and said that the owner of Chelsea withdrew from the deal because the price they would have to pay for Endrick would inflate the market. It was €60m in total for a 16-year-old boy who would arrive in the country almost two years later.
…then, Real Madrid arrived”.
As at then Endrick was regarded as the most talented younger star in Brazil, fast forward to 2024, Estêvâo Willian now owns that title.
Despite interests from other top European Clubs like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona for Willian, Chelsea have managed to move very quickly in securing the signature of the young Brazilian winger for him to join the club next summer when he turns 18 years old.
🚨🔵 Chelsea reach verbal agreement to sign Brazilian gem Willian Estevão, here we go!
Palmeiras ready to accept final bid worth €40m plus €25m add-ons.
Personal terms agreed 10 days ago, Estevão will join #CFC in 2025. 🇧🇷
Just waiting for Palmeiras president to sign. pic.twitter.com/aNEidrX7cT— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 18, 2024
Via Fabrizio Romano on X.
Chelsea were not ready to take any chances and miss out of Estêvâo Willian like they did on Endrick and let lighting strike twice on the same spot.
