Chelsea set to complete move for Brazilian winger in the summer

Published on February 5, 2012 by Matthew Wood · 8 Comments

Chelsea are set to complete the signature of Shakhtar Donetsk winger Willian at the end of the season, according to a report from Setanta Sports.

The Blues are believed to have been knocked back in their inital attempts to bring the Brazilian international to Stamford Bridge in the January window when a £16m bid was rejected by the Ukrainian side.

However, the chairman of Shakhtar Luis Alvaro has conceded that a deal is now in place with Chelsea that will see Willian join up with Andre Villas-Boas’ side at the end of the current campaign.

Quoted on Setanta Sports, Luis Alvaro said: “We gave up because of a proposal that they received from Chelsea.

“It was an offer of tens of millions of euros. It seems that he should go there in the middle of the year.”

The 23-year-old mainly operates from the left-side and is likely to face competition from Juan Mata for a place in the Chelsea XI.

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Tags: Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Willian

Readers Comments (8)

Jeff Smithson says:

February 6, 2012 at 2:17 am

So Man U staged the greatest comeback. I tell you what .I have never trusted these match referees. When Mu scored the goals in the first match,the goals were clearly offside.But were given.
Football should be decided by the players and not match officials.I am afraid fifty years from now it will be finally exposed the red face d had been winning trophies galore thanks to the conniving match officials . You never know

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Jeff Smithson says:

February 6, 2012 at 2:21 am

Oh I forgot to add. For all his dominance in the epl,the red faced/nosed has found it hard to prevail in the cl .Is there any reason?
I suspect the match officials aint going to do his bidding and that is why he wont be able to win another cl trophy till he retires when he is 99..9 yearsold.

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Godwin Obamina says:

February 6, 2012 at 5:41 am

Please let’s get serious over this urgly ref cal spider web or Howard web, the EPL is losing its value all because of one man (H. Web). Can’t ref be punished for be baised.

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kunle says:

February 6, 2012 at 6:09 am

It’s clear that Howard Webb is a self confessed Manutd fans and shouldn’t have been the one handling the game. The FA is aware of this fact and yet,they allowed this to play out. I believe he can’t handle the fact that his beloved club are being thrashed. The first penalty is clear but,the second one was too soft.

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kunle says:

February 6, 2012 at 6:12 am

It’s clear that Howard Webb is a self confessed Manutd fans and shouldn’t have been the one handling the game. The FA is aware of this fact and yet,they allowed this to play out. I believe he can’t handle the fact that his beloved club are being thrashed. The first penalty is clear but,the second one was too soft. Let Willian come and we’ll push Mata to the creative midfield role. With his coming,we’ll now resolve to play a 4-3-1-2 formation. Up Chelsea

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Fanwo Kingsley says:

February 6, 2012 at 6:16 am

Web is a great refree but the moment you give him a United match, he can’t hide the fact he is a big fan of Man U. He will do anything to save Man U, anything.

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Sulaimon says:

February 6, 2012 at 8:36 am

Webb is a stupid man for d controversial penalties awarded and poor officiating. Arrogant indeed is webb

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john adams says:

February 6, 2012 at 10:14 am

H web is a crazy mother fucker

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