{"id":4907,"date":"2026-05-06T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:11:47","slug":"major-decision-made-over-the-future-of-estevao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4907","title":{"rendered":"Major decision made over the future of Estevao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A major decision in the future of Estevao has been made \u2013 we just hope it\u2019s the right one, and not short sighted.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The dreadful news about Estevao\u2019s hamstring injury has been slightly lost in the chaos at Chelsea right now, but it promises to be one of the stories of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The winger has seen his World Cup dream all but evaporate, and now the debate is about treatment on the issue. SportWitness have a major update from Brazil today.<\/p>\n<h2>Estevao now back in Brazil for treatment<\/h2>\n<h2\/>\n<p>According to their translated report from Globo Esporte, Estevao is back in Brazil using the treatment facilities at Palmeiras, the club from which Chelsea signed him a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>There are Chelsea medical staff there keeping him on track, and the biggest decision of all has been made \u2013 the teenager will <em>not<\/em> have surgery to repair the problem. That gives him a remote chance of being back in time to play at the World Cup, although if the tear is half as bad as some have said, even that sounds impossible.<\/p>\n<p>We really hope risks aren\u2019t being taken on his long term recovery just to rush him to a World Cup he shouldn\u2019t even by trying to play in.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Joel Ordonez has impressed Chelsea scouts over a number of years, and there\u2019s a push to get him signed in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s sporting directors are not popular with fans right now, and on Monday they made another silly mistake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Estevao Willian<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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