Maresca and Palmer excited by ´fantastic´ Estevao - Soccer News

[ad_1] Enzo Maresca and Cole Palmer are excited to welcome Estevao to Chelsea.

Estevao scored an excellent objective towards his soon-to-be membership on Friday, however Chelsea noticed off Palmeiras 2-1 on the Membership World Cup.

The Brazilian wonderkid will now hyperlink up with Chelsea after the Blues’ Membership World Cup marketing campaign is concluded – Maresca’s crew will tackle Fluminense within the semi-finals.

Estevao’s objective made him the second-youngest participant to attain at this version of the Membership World Cup, and Maresca is aware of Chelsea have an enormous expertise on their arms.

“I’m glad as a result of we gained and likewise glad as a result of Estevao scored, the proper night time,” the Italian stated.

“He is excellent, an enormous expertise, implausible participant. The one factor is whenever you come from South America or one other a part of the world, you want to adapt.

“We're going to assist him to adapt. We've got little question he will likely be an essential participant for Chelsea.”

18-71 – At 18 years, 71 days previous, @Palmeiras‘ Estêvão is the second-youngest objective scorer at this 12 months’s @FIFACWC (FC Porto’s Rodrigo Mora – 18 years, 49 days vs. Al Ahly). Introduction. pic.twitter.com/CBXRnw6pQJ

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Palmer, who scored Chelsea’s opener, spoke to Estevao after the ultimate whistle.

“You may see he's a high participant, so it is vitally thrilling,” Palmer stated of Estevao, who had eight touches in Chelsea’s field, probably the most of any Palmeiras participant.

“I simply stated to him we're excited for him to hitch – however he didn’t perceive a single phrase I stated!”

Estevao is unhappy to be leaving Palmeiras, however is thrilled to get an opportunity to star within the Premier League.

“Palmeiras opened the door for me. I used to be deeply glad in Palmeiras and my household is aware of how glad I used to be,” he stated.

“I’m very glad I may rating a objective to assist my membership. Sadly this wasn’t the outcome we wished however we gave our greatest and now I'm shifting on.”