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Can foresee lots of shirt pulling, shoulder to shoulder, and if in doubt a full on chop or ankle kick to take him down.

Basically similar treatment to what Hazard used to get.
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Hazard was super strong so you need to hack him. The big question with estevao is once pl defender who is faster and stronger than Brazilian league defender put their hand on him can he still execute the same move.

 
South America is home to some of the biggest sh*tehousery you’ve ever seen. Neymar did relatively well his first season IIRC and the following season you could tell he bulked up a lot.

 
South America is home to some of the biggest sh*tehousery you’ve ever seen. Neymar did relatively well his first season IIRC and the following season you could tell he bulked up a lot.
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Agreed. The Brazilian defenders can be brutal so I expect him to pick himself up when fouled.

The pace of EPL defenders will be a much bigger test for him.

Very high hopes though.

 
You just pray we don’t mess up his development. 30 G/A in one season at 17yrs is ridiculous. Please Chelsea have a plan.

 
You mean something other than parking him at Strasbourg and a year later sell him?
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You would hope they aren’t that crazy but a Quick Look shows he has appreciated to €50m from the €34m they paid for him, and they have been very vocal about how Andrey Santos has doubled his value within a year.

Common sense approach would be to integrate Petrovic, Santos & Estevao, buy a World Class CB, goal scoring LW, and a quality No 9.

 
You would hope they aren’t that crazy but a Quick Look shows he has appreciated to €50m from the €34m they paid for him, and they have been very vocal about how Andrey Santos has doubled his value within a year.

Common sense approach would be to integrate Petrovic, Santos & Estevao, buy a World Class CB, goal scoring LW, and a quality No 9.
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The key term there being ‘common sense’ which I think is glaringly obvious the SD’s don’t have.

 
Its hard to be anything but excited about his arrival. Yes he is young, PL is high quality opposition, better defenders, less space, more physical - could go on. Good players find a way. His second goal from his most recent match is a beaut - all happens so quickly.

Also enjoyed a fan comment on YouTube. Take with a grain of salt, but nice to read such positivity:

"For all Chelsea fans, I’m too a Chelsea fan but has lived in Brazil on and off recently, which has allowed me to really get a love for Brazilian football and Palmeiras, I just wanted to leave a comment on Estevao and his season for all of you that hasn’t followed it too closely: I have followed and watched palmeiras all season this season and last season and this season they’re absolutely doing everything to stop him, he’s having 3 players on him, kicking him all game. This is the first game he’s found just a little bit of space since he moved around the pitch a little bit more to pick up better positions and he performed like this. People in Brazil this year has said he’s having a down year, but it’s really because the defenses is focusing everything on him, because that’s the best way of stopping Palmeiras. But still, he’s the best player in the league, the best player on the best team in the league and he’s only just turned 18. In the perm, no matter if he becomes the best player in the world, h will he never get this much attention from defenses as he gets right now, because if you put three players on esevao, Palmer will score 5 goals a game, So I really think, after just a little bit of adapting to the style and pace of the premier league, he will hit the ground running"


 
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