Incoming Chelsea Wonderkid Estevao Willian rejected an offer to continue his club world cup trip with his new club after his current side was dumped out of the competition by his future competition.
The 18-year-old, who ran 2-1 on the 2-1, will complete his move to the blues later this month.
The meeting of the two parties placed the teenager in a unique win-win situation, a reality quickly manifested himself in Cole Palmer's offer to join the Blues team while they went to New York for their semi-final collision against Fluminense.
But after the help of fellow new recruit Dario Essugo, whose language skills the Mancunian accent Palmer's English invitation deciphered, was rejected in Estevao and insisted that he had to say goodbye to his soon former former colleagues.
“I had to ask Essugo what Cole had told me,” said Estevao. “He laughed a bit before he translated and told me,” Cole said he is enthusiastic for you and wants you to go with us after the game. “
“I wanted to stay a little more time with my team friends,” he added. “I came here with them. And I should go back to Brazil with them. My heart is broken because only we know how hard we worked.
“But I am proudly leaving. And I'm glad I have a gigantic club while Chelsea opens its doors to me.
'I just wanted to show my new fans in England that I am. That it's all. I hope to learn. I am sure I will come to London to evolve and to write history there. '
After Saturday's game, Chelsea -Baas Enzo Maresca spoke glowing about the winger and teased an 'important' role for him.
“You can see that he is a huge talent,” Maresca said after the game. 'You can see that he is a fantastic player. The only thing now is when you come from South America or another part of the world to Europe, you have to adjust.
'We are going to help him adjust and in the first place to enjoy football. We have no doubt because he is so good that he becomes an important player for Chelsea. '
Palmer made a point of embracing Estevao and the exchange of shirts with him after the last whistle, despite the language barrier.
“I told Estevao that we are enthusiastic that you are participating, but he didn't understand a single word I said,” said Palmer.
Chelsea concluded a deal to sign the miracle last year, but he stayed in Brazil for another season, and his talents could be seen when he was called the player of the game against his future employers. He will soon participate in their team in the first team.
However, Estevao was visibly emotional after he had brought the curtain on his time in the club that first put him in the spotlight.