Brazilian star Willian has ruled out a move back to Brazil at the end of the season but has started a lot more speculation about his future with the club.
Willian has been at Chelsea for over six years now and has become an integral part of the side as his brilliance over the seasons have made him one of the best in the Premier League, and quite possibly Europe.
There has been talk that he could be leaving at the end of the season as reports in the media have suggested that Chelsea may not be willing to offer him a new contract because of his age, and may be willing to let him leave the club on a free transfer, with the likes of Juventus and Barcelona eyeing up a possible deal.
But despite all that, Willian has recently past the 300-game mark for Chelsea and has been talking about his love for the club, and how he is focused on his day-to-day job of trying to achieve more success with Chelsea.
However, amid all the speculation surrounding the players future, Willian insists there is a ‘market’ for him to remain in Europe, amid interest from some of the continent’s top clubs, but he stopped short of staying he will stay in west London.
‘I think I have a lot of wood to burn here in Europe. I have a market. I’m very happy here at Chelsea. ‘Of course my contract is ending now, at the end of the season it’s over.
“But I’m happy at Chelsea and I plan to stay out here.’
There are many out there that wrote Chelsea off at the beginning of the season as they lost star man Eden Hazard, lost their Europa League title winning coach Maurizio Sarri to Juventus and were unable to sign any players during the transfer window.
But if Willian, and the rest of the side, can keep up their good form and exciting football then Chelsea may indeed be able to add some more trophies to the cabinet as one thing they have proved over the years, is that they can never be written off.