Date: 17th July 2012 at 8:23pm
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Chelsea have been linked with just about every player on the planet over recent months and have already singed Marko Marin, Eden Hazard and Oscar (although there’s no official confirmation on the last one yet), and we’ve seen the odd rehashed transfer rumour too, with the latest being a fresh approach for Shakhtar’s Willian.

Recent reports have suggested that the Ukrainian club have rejected a whopping €34 million from the Blues for the services of the Brazilian winger, although I sense more than a hint of bullshit when it comes  to this particular story. He’s not worth that and I wouldn’t want to see us spending this much on a winger when we could get a much better one in Lucas Moura, albeit at a slightly higher price and amongst more competition for his signature.

However, Mircea Lucescu, Shakhtar’s manager, believes that Willian is worth much more than what Chelsea have allegedly offered:

“I had a conversation with Willian and the club president about Chelsea’s interest.

“I told Willian he can leave, but only if the right offer is made. He’s a great player.

“Willian was the biggest investment Shakhtar have made in a young player, and we have to respect that. Clubs should not assume that if a player is coming from the east that the the price is lower.

“They paid a lot of money for Hazard but are not willing to pay that for Willian, even though he’s better in my opinion.”

(Daily Mail)

Ultimately, the price is set by them and they will naturally want to maximise his value if he was to leave the club, but he’s never going to fetch more of a price and I wouldn’t class him alongside the likes of Hazard, whose potential is far greater than Willian’s and he’s come from a growing league that is a hotbed of footballing talent.

I’ve only really seen Willian play in European competition, so it’s hard to judge the player and I doubt many of you frequently watch Ukrainian football to reach a conclusion you’re 100% confident in either. But to me it seems as though he’s a step down from what we already have in Florent Malouda, although he’s younger but that isn’t a good enough reason to spend the sort of figures being mentioned for him.

Will Chelsea add too their Brazilian contingent by signing Willian, or are the press telling fibs again?

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2174990/Chelsea-bid-Willian-rejected.html

 

5 responses to “How much?! Shakhtar reject Chelsea approach for winger”

  1. Fa says:

    Press are bored. There is no way we are spending that much. A few more million we can get hulk or some papers for that money we can get moura?

    Living in a dream world and best to take a step back until teams start to realise, Chelsea aren’t going to throw money for the sake of it

  2. Okiinny says:

    Why cant we force and buy hulk or cavani and leave tht willam,becos we hav alot of young players tht can play tht position-Ramiz,locas piazon and more.THANK U

  3. Emmanuel says:

    Chelsea shouldn’t try to go back with an improved bid for willian if its true that 34m euros was rejected,secondly I heard 25m pounds was rejected for walcott earlier today…if we are in deep search of a right winger let’s look elsewhere,I would even prefer to pay 32m pounds that we paid for hazard to sign muniain who has proven himself in the spanish league than to spend it on willian who plays in a ukrainian league where there is no competition…..please let this willian transfer just die down since shakhtar donetsk is greedy…Munian,hulk,oscar and a right back then we are good to go and challenge for trophys next season

    We can also get eden hazard younger brother for our 21 side…he will be a good addition to our under 21 side.

  4. sam says:

    did anyone thought what will happen to MceChren kakuta Piazon? willian cannot be better than MceChren, is he? what do you think guys!

  5. soso says:

    Waste of money most of them especially oscar n hazard…these players r likely 2 wana sign for the italian,spanish or french giants when they supposed 2 b at their best form (ages 25-29)…will likely get paid betta wages n wud be sick n tired of england and move 2 slightly warmer countries plus foreign players like drogba are very rare and we know most brazilian players not too committed or loyal 2 their european clubs(thiago silva) jst an example…conclusion long term investments 4 us need 2 be local where players are more suited to the game and committed..we need more scholes,lamps,giggs,terry’s,ferdinands etc and the wilsheres,ramsays,mchacherans are players we need 2 focus on and they right there 4 us.