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Willian ready to fight for starting spot

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New Chelsea signing, Willian, is ready to fight for his spot in the first-team, but the Brazilian is aware of how difficult it will be considering the competition he faces at Stamford Bridge.

It quite a surprising summer move, the Anzhi midfielder was close to securing a move to Tottenham Hotspur and after passing a medical at the club, it was all-but ready to be announced, but at the last minute, Chelsea came in with a bigger offer and the midfielder was persuaded to move to The Bridge instead of White Hart Lane.

Despite spending around ÂŁ25.5million on the midfielder, The Blues have got a heavily packed midfield line-up with the likes of Eden Hazard, Oscar, Juan Mata, Ramires, Andre Schurrle and Kevin De Bruyne, all fighting for the attacking-midfield roles.

The Brazilian is aware how tough it will be for him, but he insists that he is ready to fight for that starting spot.

“I know that I haven’t secured my spot here,” he told ‘Globo Esporte’. “I’ll do my best to achieve that place, while respecting the other players. I’ll train, play and do my best to get the trust of the manager and of the fans.”

Willian also opened up about what actually went on involving his transfer this summer.

“Things just happened. Chelsea came with an offer and everyone knows that I wanted to play for the club since I was at Shakhtar.

“It shook me but I didn’t think twice. As both presidents (Suleyman Kerimov and Roman Abramovich) are friends, that helped too. It was a very easy negotiation.

“The Brazilians called me, especially David Luiz, who told me to come quickly. I was very happy to have them around and they will certainly help me a lot.

“I wanted to play at Chelsea, even more so now with Jose Mourinho, who is the best at what he does.

“When I had a day off, I came to watch the club’s games, so I am more than happy for having made this transfer become true.”

Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt

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