The Brazil international has been delayed in his returned to the club and the new manager wants to speak to him directly on the matter <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
New Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri is “not happy” and plans to have a conversation with star attacker Willian after the Brazil international was delayed in his return to the club after the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Willian\u2019s future with the Blues has been in question this summer amid reported interest from Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid, with Barca making several bids.<\/p>\n
While Barcelona\u2019s pursuit ended when the La Liga champions signed Malcom from Bordeaux for \u20ac41 million (\u00a336.5m\/$48m), Willian was delayed in rejoining Chelsea from his post World Cup vacation prompting speculation another bid had come in.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Goal<\/strong> understands that a passport issue, not a bid from Real Madrid, was the cause of the delay, but Sarri admitted frustration with the situation in his post-match news conference following Chelsea’s defeat on penalties to London rivals Arsenal in the International Champions Cup.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to speak to him before I answer these questions,\u201d Sarri told reports on the Willian situation. \u201cI want to speak to him. I am not happy about this situation but before I answer, I would like to speak to him.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked if the matter was strange Sarri simply replied: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n Willian is not the only Chelsea player who\u2019s future is in doubt as the Premier League season approaches.<\/p>\n Eden Hazard has questioned his Chelsea future with links to Real Madrid persisting, while goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has repeatedly voiced a desire to be closer to his children, who live in Madrid.<\/p>\n Sarri offered no updates on the\u00a0Chelsea futures of any of his stars, admitting he will meet with them for the first time this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cNot at this moment, no, because I will see them on Saturday for the first time,\u201d Sarri said when asked about their status. \u201cI don\u2019t know the situation in this moment. There is no news.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked if he wanted to keep all three players, Sarri made it clear that was the goal.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are talking about top players,\u201d Sarri added. \u201cEvery club wants to keep their top players and we are trying to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n