Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has indicated that the club will cease their pursuit of Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Willian.
The 23-year old Brazilian would cost the Blues in excess of £20million and Villas-Boas feels that price plus the trouble of getting him a work permit are making a potential transfer too difficult.
"I think our project next year is more important than the actual project at the moment. Not that Willian doesn't have the characteristics for the future but we are betting a lot on what we can build on for next year.""Willian is an extremely interesting player but I don't think we will progress with our interest because of different issues, from work permit to price valuation," he said on Friday afternoon.
