Philadelphia, USA — E be like say football no get boundaries as new Chelsea signing, Estevao Willian, don show wetin hin sabi for the beautiful game. Just after Chelsea carry win enter palm for di recent Club World Cup, Estevao find hin self dey gist with Cole Palmer, but abeg, no be small wahala for communication! (Imagine wetin dem dey talk, maybe na ‘How far my bro?’ dem dey ask!)
E no go easy to dey understand each other. Palmer dey fire everything for excitement, while Estevao dey look like ‘Where I go fit understand wetin you talk?’. Thank God say Dario Essugo, one player wey sabi both Spanish and Portuguese, come rescue di matter like a language superhero! (Last last, dem go carry customer, but at least dem fit gist small.)
Estevao don spend plenty time training for America, but wetin we learn about am when e don finally join Chelsea? E don show Chelsea fans say na him go fit shine like diamond! Di Brazilian winger nearly become man of di match for di game wey Chelsea win Palmeiras 2-1, but e still dey hot as e perfect goal way dey rattle di crossbar. E go like say di goal dey scream: ‘I go fit make you guys happy!’ (E be like say di crowd still dey shout for di magic wey dis boy bring.)
We hear say hin plan no be just to block highway for Chelsea; instead, na to shine like di stars wey don play for di club before am — Thiago Silva, Willian, and di rest. Estevao dey ready to write hin own history inside di blue family, and who no go wan join dem when dem dey chop di trophy? E be like say di future dey bright for di 18-year-old superstar.
Now, as di boy land for London, wetin e dey plan? Chelsea dey ready to help am settle down well, even get family with am to experience di classic London life — wey dey sweet pass palm wine, I swear! (No wahala for living expense, as dem go sure am where to stay.)
Even though Estevao no sabi English well yet, head coach Enzo Maresca dey fluent pass Alex Zaza and e dey ready to use translation to remind di boy say na to chop ball and win game wey dey matter. E go also intensify hin English studies, like how we dey reduce calories from jollof rice after festive season! (We know sey wetin dey hot, no b peach, so make hin no slack!)
Di roads don open for Estevao as he now dey join di likes of Liam Delap, Jamie Gittens, and Joao Pedro as dem dey prepare for di coming games against Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan. E fit land hin first show at Stamford Bridge, and if hin no impress Chelsea fans, dem go fire am with ‘Boo!’
Di boy don show say he go fit compete for di Green and Whites, but now he don turn blue! As him dey take off him career for Chelsea, we go dey watch to see if he go rake plenty trophies and enter Brazil national team before 2026 World Cup. After all, dreams dey grow from him goal, and we dey here dey gbadun di journey! (No forget to serve us palm wine while we watch di show!)
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