- Title: FILE: Chelsea look to have beaten Spurs to sign Brazilian footballer Willian
- Date: 24th August 2013
- Summary: DONETSK, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 22, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WILLIAN AT SHAKHTAR DONETSK TRAINING SESSION LONDON, UK (NOVEMBER 6, 2012) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) WILLIAN SAYING: "It's a pleasure to be linked to those teams but now I'm playing for Shakhtar and want to do my best for them." WILLIAN TRAINING
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- Story Text: Chelsea appear to have beaten Tottenham Hotspur to Willian
Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho hinted on Friday (August 23) that Brazil playmaker Willian has chosen to join Chelsea ahead of Tottenham Hotspur.
British media reported the Anzhi Makhachkala forward was set to join Tottenham in a 30 million pounds ($46.72 million) deal after a medical at the north London club amid interest from Liverpool.
Chelsea, however, have entered the race to sign the player and manager Mourinho suggested that the player had decided to join the West London club.
Willian joined Anzhi from Shakhtar Donetsk in January, but the club's owner Suleiman Kerimov has tightened the purse-strings at the Dagestan club, with the entire first-team available for sale, according to media reports.
Capped twice by Brazil, Willian can play as an attacking midfielder or out wide.
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