LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho expects Tottenham target Willian to join the Stamford Bridge club as the two London teams battle for the services of the Anzhi Makhachkala striker.
Tottenham appeared poised to sign the Brazilian forward after he completed a medical, but Chelsea now appear to be in pole position for the deal.
“I think he’s already made his decision,” Mourinho said about the 25-year-old winger.
The self-styled ‘Special One’ nodded in the affirmative when asked if that was Chelsea.
He added: “I don’t like to speak before time because football can be crazy.
“I know what the player wants, so in this moment we cannot hide. That is a possibility.”
Willian is still to undergo a medical at Stamford Bridge, but if he signs it strikes a blow for Mourinho over his former staff member Andre Villas-Boas, once of Chelsea and now Tottenham boss.
It could also hinder the prospective sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid, Mourinho’s former club. AFP
