Estevao opens up over Chelsea frustrations after being sidelined by Xabi Alonso in new formation

ESTEVAO WILLIAN trusts he can force his way into Xabi Alonso’s starting XI. The Brazil international, 19, is yet to start a Premier League game under the new manager, playing just 23 minutes in the league. Estevao is confident that he can get back into the Chelsea starting XI Credit: Shutterstock Editorial The winger is yet to start a Premier League match this season Credit: Getty Reports in his home country have suggested the youngster has concerns over his game time at Stamford Bridge. But Alonso has reassured the winger, who joined from Palmeiras in a deal worth an initial £29million last summer, that he has a future at the club. Sign up for the Chelsea newsletter Thank you! Estevao, who scored eight goals in all competitions last season, vowed to push every day to earn a chance at impressing Alonso. Speaking to ESPN Brazil, he said: “Every coach has their own way of playing. “Of course, we work every day, I give my best every day, and that’s what I do. “We have quality players at Chelsea, so what I do is focus on what I can control, I try to give my best in training, when I get an opportunity I try to give my best, it goes day after day. “I try to seize every opportunity I have, I try to control everything I can and I leave it in God’s hands, and I trust myself a lot too,” Asked about reports around Estevao earlier this month, Alonso said: “Private conversations should remain private. But the season is going to be long. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK “And players that have the desire and the hunger to prove and to show every day that they are up for the challenge, it’s what we want to create here in the building. And Este is part of it. “So he has had a very good attitude, very good mentality to prepare every game and to be ready for the team.” Comment now