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Estevao Willian: Why Chelsea have agreed to pay up to £56m for 'out-of-this-world' Braziian wonderkid dubbed 'Messinho'

Palmeiras have done it again. Just over a year after Endrick agreed a big-money move to Real Madrid in 2024 - worth a potential €60 million (£51m/$64m) to the Brazilian club - Estevao Willian is set to become the next prodigious talent to depart the club for a European giant when he turns 18 in 2025.

The prototype of the tricky Brazilian winger, the 17-year-old grabbed headlines in a breakout six months that saw him shine throughout the age grades at Palmeiras and on the international stage with Brazil at the Under-17 World Cup.

He emerged as the latest Brazilian starlet to be coveted by pretty much every elite European club, but it's Chelsea who have won the race for yet another young talent, one who has been dubbed 'Messinho', after they confirmed on Saturday that an agreement had been reached that will see Estevao join the Blues in a deal worth up to £56 million ($62m).

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