Agent says transfer to Chelsea chosen because they'll play rising star as No.10
03/19/2025 09:46 AM
Brazilian talent Estêvão chose to move to Chelsea as they promised to play him as a number 10 moving forwards.
That's according to agent André Cury, who has told GE Globo that was a key element to the move to Stamford Bridge.
The newspaper cover comments from the Brazilian journalist today about the 17-year-old, who is set to move to Chelsea in the summer.
They moved to secure his signature last year, wrapping up a €34m deal for the highly rated youngster to move to London when he turns 18 this summer.
He'll arrive at Chelsea with a growing reputation as one of the rising talents of Brazilian football and indeed world football, after managing 20 goals and ten assists in 59 games for Palmeiras to date.
The big question is where he will fit under Enzo Maresca when he does arrive, with his career in Brazil so far having seen him play largely on the right wing and occasionally on the left.
That's a problem at Chelsea given they are well stacked in both positions with the likes of Pedro Neto, Jadon Sancho, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke and even Mykhaylo Mudryk.
Cury, though, says it wont be a problem as Chelsea have promised the youngster that he'll be playing as a number 10.
"It was the only club that saw us as number 10, to play in midfield," he said.
"I may be wrong, but we will have the opportunity. I think we will be right, so that was also something that weighed heavily.
"In my opinion, on my team he plays as a number 10. They like to put him on the wing. I think it is too narrow for a player of that quality, I think that… like all players of that quality in the world, it is usually the number 10, so the number 10 plays inside."
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