Chelsea: How They Masterfully Hijacked Tottenham’s Willian Transfer
That’s when Abramovich really began hating Levy. Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas have never gotten along.
They’ve worked together at FC Porto, Inter Milan, and at Chelsea, but things never worked out. There was always some sort of friction between the two men. Chelsea often argues with how things actually unfolded. Tottenham believes Chelsea just wanted to ruin their plans by taking a player which they didn’t even need.
Chelsea saw it differently. They said they’ve been looking to get Willian for two years, but could never make the bid. But once Tottenham and Liverpool made a move for him, that’s when Chelsea decided to make things work in their favor.
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This is what Mourinho had to say, “That’s the danger of medicals before contracts but, at the same time, if the contract and the medical after sometimes you can have a problem before signing a player so you have to do the medical before.
The best thing you can do is do the medical in secret. The player is fine, you can sign him. The player is not fine, you don’t destroy his career by saying the player has problems, so you do it in secret and after that sign the contract with the club and the player. Sometimes you don’t make it. Sometimes you guys have great sources, find everything, but that’s the risk.”
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Chelsea, Abramovich, Mourinho, and Kerimov all made this happen. A hijacked transfer executed perfectly. This is one of the best transfer hijackings ever.