Chelsea midfielder, Andrey Santos has insisted that the club’s latest signing, Estevao Willian has ‘huge potential’.

According to Santos, Willian is ‘the face of Brazilian football’.

Chelsea recently agreed a deal to sign the 17-year-old from Palmeiras.

Willian will make the move to Chelsea when he turns 18 next year.

“I spoke to Estevao, if I’m not mistaken, it was when he went to play in Colombia, I had played there the month before and he sent me a message saying, ‘man, I really admire you, how you managed to make a difference here in this climate at this altitude’, and I said, ‘man, it’s difficult but you are going to make it’,” Santos said on the Fora do Jogo podcast.

“Estevao is a kid, I’m a fan of his. He has huge, huge, huge potential. He is the face of Brazilian football.”