Opening up: Willian likes what he sees in England and is keen to play in the Premier League

Willian was kicking a ball around his house as a two-year-old before joining an academy at four and then Corinthians as a teenager.

Now he’s a part of the Shakhtar team who have won three league titles and reached the last eight of the Champions League last season.

His goal in the last 16 against Roma was a peach, so he wouldn’t exactly be coming in under the radar.

‘I think my style of play would suit the Premier League,’ he says, although there is interest from elsewhere, with Benfica having a bid turned down last week.

‘I like to pick the ball up out wide and then dribble lots. As a young boy, I idolised Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. My style is more like Ronaldinho’s, behind the main striker in a No 10 role. In England, I play a little bit like Nani or Luka Modric.’

Willian is preparing for life over here, learning English in his spare time at home and watching an endless amount of Premier League football.

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