The summer of 2018, Willian was in the list of priorities to turn into new player of the FC Barcelona, that finally finish decanting by Malcom like signing for the band. The strategy culé consisted in tantear the terrain of both signings and expect events. Events that had to be that Chelsea yielded in his position to ask 80 millions by his player.
The problem was that the posture of the club londinense did not change neither seemed that it went it to do, since it refused two offers (one of 40 million euros and another of 60) by the footballer, that was request expresses of Ernesto Valverde. A year afterwards, the situation has changed and the FC Barcelona would have now the opportunity to restart the signing of Willian of face to 2020, already was in summer or this next month of January.
The key factor to take into account in the possible operation is that the Brazilian extreme finishes agreement in June of 2020, reason by which Chelsea would see forced to sell him in the next wintry market going down a lot his pretences if it does not want to run the risk that the player follow enrocado in his decision of not renewing his agreement to leave free.
Nevertheless, there are several appearances that do that the arrival of Willian was not prioritaria for the Barça in spite of the innegable quality of the footballer. One of them is his age (31 years), that bumps with the will of the sportive direction to rejuvenate the team due to the fact that key players in the last years like Sergio Busquets or Ivan Rakitic surpass the treintena.
In this appearance, the club prefers to go to by a footballer like Fabián Ruiz (of a distinct position), that is 23 years old and a present and brilliant future. Although, logically, in a market with so much inflation as it is the current, have the opportunity to bring to a crack like Willian to cost zero goes to be studied.
The extremes of the Barça
Another of the fetters that would have to expensive to the signing of Willian is the interesting cast of extremes with which explains to day of today the FC Barcelona. As Ansu Fati (16 years) like jewel of the crown, does not be necessary to forget neither of Ousmane Dembélé neither of Carles Pérez. All they are much younger that the talentoso extreme of Chelsea, a fact that subtracts priority to his signing.