Chelsea have confirmed the
signing of attacking midfielder Willian from Anzhi Makhachkala on a five-year
deal after he was granted a work permit.
The Blues are believed to have
paid £30m for the Brazil international, 25.
“Chelsea are one of the world’s
best clubs and now I'm going to play for one of the world’s best managers,” he
said.
This has to be one of the
strangest transfers of recent times going back to when John Obi Mikel actually
signed for Man United ‘by mistake’ and ended up at Chelsea.
Willian had agreed to join
Tottenham and had even past a medical, yet somehow Chelsea managed to swoop in
and steal him, that’s the first reason why this transfer is strange.
The second reason is they simply
don’t need him, he’s an attacking midfielder and Chelsea already have five of
those so why buy a sixth, and why buy one who isn’t any better than what you’ve
got already?
And there may possibly be a third
reason, and that is to do with the rumours that they may have bought Willian because
they may sell Juan Mata, again it’s just a rumour but if there’s any truth to
it that’s absolutely ludicrous.
Why would Chelsea think about
selling Mata even for a nano-second, he’s been their star player for the last
two years and it’s not like they need to sell him to raise funds.
Whether the Mata rumour is true
or not, whichever way you look at it Chelsea signing Willian doesn’t make much
sense.
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