The last dance before saying goodbye? Estevan Club World Cup faces new owner Chelsea

Fate is a big deal, and Chelsea actually met their upcoming player Estewan William in the Club World Cup.

Originally, this 18-year-old talented boy was still nervous about the transfer, but now by chance, Chelsea and Palmeiras both won the top 16 battle. The player met his new club in advance and will be staged this Saturday, which made him feel very complicated.

For Estewan, this may be his last battle on behalf of Palmeiras.

It was in Palmeiras that he made his mark at a young age and achieved brilliant achievements along the way. This transfer will bring Palmeiras at least £29 million (about RMB 270 million) in revenue. If all additional terms are met, the total amount can reach up to £51 million (about RMB 480 million).

Given the high praise of the boy in world football, it is reasonable that he finally asked Chelsea to pay most of the fees. If it really comes to the time when it is needed, Chelsea will be able to pay. That means Estewan has achieved great success.

However, before people are watching his future performance at Stamford Bridge, he has to try to eliminate his new owner Chelsea.

performed well against Porto and Cairo Nationals in the first two games of the group stage, and this time he was going to test Chelsea's defense again. This little guy Estewan is not simple. He can compete in several positions in the front line.

This is a new attempt for him in the game where Palmeiras defeated his old rival Bottafogo last Saturday.

You must know that Palmeiras defeated Bottafogo, who had previously defeated Paris Saint-Germain, which sent a clear signal to Chelsea: they must not take it lightly.

So far, at the Club World Cup held in the United States, another Brazilian giant, Flamenco, has hindered Chelsea's road to victory. With that exciting intensity and vitality (which probably also benefited from the mid-season in its domestic league and the players were in good shape), they did so to prevent Chelsea from winning.

Similarly, Palmeiras will also bring serious challenges to Chelsea. Benfica was mostly passive in Charlotte's game, and thanks to a game that was interrupted for nearly two hours due to some reason, this disrupted Enzo Maresca's team's progress to the quarterfinals.

If the game had not been interrupted, Chelsea's smooth and strong game situation within 85 minutes seemed to have been in a one-sided manner. After the game resumed, Chelsea's weaknesses were exposed, and Benfica, who was striving to equalize, finally got what he wanted.

If Maresca had been more active in substitutions at that time, Chelsea might have secured the victory long ago. However, the three goals in overtime resulted in a dramatic ending and also led to the highly anticipated battle of Estewan.

Now, Maresca has to face questions about this player who is often compared to Neymar, and these questions will only increase. This is a very high praise, but it is not unreasonable. Estewan's domestic data in Brazil at the same stage of his career has surpassed Neymar. He will make his way to Europe three years ahead of the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain wingers.

Although Estewan is not a player of Neymar, the popularity he has caused is no less than Neymar, at least among Chelsea fans.

For many people, this Club World Cup is a great opportunity for them to truly observe Estewan from a close distance. Porto was the first European team he faced, and he successfully passed the test. Judging from the results of some Club World Cups, Estewan may be more valuable than originally thought.

Although there is a clear gap between the level of the Brazilian League and the Premier League, if Estewan can still perform well against the Champions League level opponent, then he will be a dangerous person and may be of use to Chelsea earlier than expected. However, this does not mean that Estewan can easily enter the Chelsea starting lineup.

On the right, he has to compete with Neto, who is in good shape. Neto performed very strongly in 2025, and at the same time, he also had to face the competition from Maduaike. This guy was the most talented pure winger at that time in 2024.

is in the middle, which is where Estewan may eventually appear in the future, but the team has Palmer. Maresca said lightly earlier in the month that he did not consider Estewan's positioning issue at Chelsea, but now he can't say that.

So far, Chelsea, Palmeiras and Estewan have each independent and maintained a distance in this competition.

No, "Now, if Estewan performs well, we will be happy," Maresca said before the group stage, "but he is playing for another team now. I hope he can do it for us as well after joining."

For Estewan, this is a game that combines self-development, creation of history and farewell chapters. No matter what the outcome of the game is, he has gains and losses.

If you start on the right, your opponent will probably be one of the best full-backs in the world. This may be the biggest challenge he has faced so far, but as he is about to land in England, this is another extremely valuable experience.

After this game, the pair of Estewan and Chelsea may be able to define the European football landscape in the next few years.