Chelsea star Willian has claimed that he would not have been at the club if Antonio Conte remained in charge of the Blues.
The Express claims that the Brazilian winger was a target for Manchester United and Barcelona in the transfer window. Willian also recently informed reporters that only Chelsea could decide whether to keep or sell him.
“I’m here.
“I’m here because I want to play for Chelsea.
“I will only leave if Chelsea want me to go.”
Conte was replaced with Maurizio Sarri before the start of the Premier League season and the Brazilian winger admitted that he would not have continued with us if Conte had stayed back.
“No chance. No chance. No.”
Sarri did get his Premier League career off to a winning start against Huddersfield Town and Willian also had a role to play in the first goal as the Brazilian crossed it in for N’Golo Kante.
Losing Willian could have been a big blow for us, especially due to the shorter duration of the English transfer window this time.
However, Willian continues to be consistent for us and his performance against Huddersfield just goes to show that he can do a good job under Sarri.
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There is a lot to come with the Italian at the helm and it will be interesting to see just how things go in the coming months.