Willian reacts to Chelsea January signing

Former Chelsea winger and Brazil star, Willian has reacted to the report that the Blues hijacked Mykhailo Mudryk from Arsenal.

According to Willian, the Blues secured a good player in 115 million pound Enzo Fernandez and added that Mudryk threw up memories of his move to Stamford Bridge.

Recall that Chelsea splashed over £250million in the winter transfer window which culminated with the Premier League record signing of Fernandez for £115m from Portuguese giants, Benfica on deadline day.

Ahead of the Blues’ game against Willian’s new club side, Fulham on Friday night, the Brazilian said he is a fan of the World Cup winner.

Speaking on Fernandez’s move, Willian told The Times: “I saw some highlights [during the] World Cup – he looks good!”

Reacting to the nature of Mudryk’s signing by Chelsea, Willian said he sees some similarities with the way he (Willian) was hijacked from Tottenham in 2013.

Willian had been flown to London by Tottenham who thought they had a deal fully agreed before Chelsea swooped.

“I can see it’s different but Chelsea is Chelsea,” the 34-year-old said.

“I was supposed to go to Tottenham. I was in London almost three weeks, waiting, waiting, waiting. And the day that I went to sign my contract with Tottenham, Chelsea came in.

“My agent said, ‘Chelsea have called and want you there, what do we do now?’ I said I wanted to go to Chelsea.”