WILLIAN INSISTS HE is not letting speculation over a potential move to Barcelona distract him from Brazil’s World Cup campaign.
The 29-year-old will be hoping to make a fifth consecutive start at Russia 2018 on Friday when the Selecao take on Belgium in a mouth-watering quarter-final in Kazan.
The Chelsea man has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge in recent weeks, with Manchester United and Barcelona mooted as destinations.
When asked about joining his fellow Brazilians Philippe Coutinho and Paulinho at Camp Nou, Willian said: “Well, they are excellent players with a lot of quality. In addition to great players, they are very good friends.
People speculate a lot. We see a lot of things on the internet, but this is not the time to talk about this. I’ve not received any information about that. I’m trying to focus on my performance, playing for Brazil.”
While Neymar has been dominating the headlines throughout the tournament, it is arguably Coutinho who has been Brazil’s star man.
And Willian had praise for the forward, saying:
“Coutinho has been playing a wonderful World Cup, and he helps us a lot. I hope that he will continue playing even better.”
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Convinced he was off to United. Barcelona a huge draw tbf. And they definitely need strengthening Barca. Madrid have a far superior squad depth. Expect a big splash from Barca tbh. Dembele had a shocker of a first season.
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: dembele was injured for most of it….
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: Youre talking baloney… Thats all
He’s 30 soon and in fairness he’s a bit up and down as far as his form goes Chelsea are known to be looking for a right winger so if they get 60/70 million for him take it and run.
@Philip Mc dermott: exactly what I was thinking. Any club who pays that much for a 30 year old is crazy. Not always a starter at Chelsea who were poor last season in the PL and CL by their standards. Doesn’t say a lot about Willian’s pedigree as a PL player.
@Sloop John G: Think that was more down to Conte then Willian , in saying that still don’t want him at OT