News about Deivid Washington

IAN HERBERT: Football players are transactional commodities for Clearlake, the club's owners, as the extraordinary deadline day story of Deivid Washington only went to show. Clearlake's punt on the 19-year-old Brazilian for Chelsea hasn't exactly delivered - he's played 25 minutes' football since arriving a year ago - so they tried to weigh him off to Strasbourg, another club in their ownership group, for a £17million sum which would have turned their initial outlay on the utterly unproven player into a £5m profit.

Chelsea are reportedly on the cusp of selling 19-year-old centre forward Deivid Washington to Strasbourg - the Ligue 1 club that is also owned by Blues boss Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. According to L'Equipe, both clubs are 'close to finalising a deal for Washington' who could be sold for around £17.6million (€21m). The centre forward joined Chelsea for £17m back in 2023 from Brazilian side, Santos, and the west London outfit now looks set to make a £600,000 uplift on the striker, should he join the French club.

Chelsea supporters believe they have signed the next big thing after seeing new signing Willian Estevao Willian net an outrageous goal for Palmeiras on Thursday night. The Blues officially confirmed the £28 million signing of the Brazilian winger from Palmeiras last month. Estevao will join the London club next year after he celebrates his 18th birthday in late April. 

Chelsea officially confirmed the £28 million signing of Willian Estevao from Palmeiras on Saturday. Brazilian winger Estevao will join the Blues next year after he celebrates his 18th birthday in late April. 'Chelsea Football Club has agreed a deal to sign teenage forward Estevao Willian from Palmeiras, with the Brazilian to officially join Chelsea next summer,' read a statement from the Stamford Bridge outfit.

Estevao Willian, 17, has gained the nickname 'Messinho' for his performances on the wing after coming through the academy of Palmeiras. The Blues are set to bid £25.5m with possible add-ons reaching £21m for the youngster, having already had two advances snubbed. It's a similar situation to Real Madrid paying £52m for Endrick because Willian comes from the same club and is just 12 games deep into his professional career.

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