Shakhtar Donetsk star Willian says the Premier League is becoming the go-to destination for Brazilians.
Liverpool and Chelsea are chasing the young Brazilian.
"I played with Anderson for the national team at Under-17 level." he told the Mirror, "I think at some stage or another I played with Denilson at Arsenal for the Under-20's as well.
"I also played at that stage with Pato who is now at AC Milan, Marcelo who is now at Real Madrid, Jo from Manchester City and David Luiz from Chelsea.
"Luiz was different class. Absolute quality. He was a central defender who was not scared to play. We all admired him then and it is no surprise that he has gone on to become an important player for Chelsea.
"The thing is, in Brazil when you start football school you have a gift - a ball. That normally happens when you are three years old. But I started late at four! We don't have things like PlayStation. We have the ball.
"But you can never stop learning. I've had a lot of European games which have helped me to improve but that has also come about as a consequence of my work and my playing regularly.
"When you can cope with the pressure of big games you can become a better player. Its easy to get to the top as everyone knows. But very hard to stay there."
