Brazil's Willian, who plays for Chelsea,
In his team's match with Barcelona, yesterday in the first round of the 16th round of the Champions League, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
The Portuguese newspaper "Mundo Deportivo" Catalan, that Barcelona was close to the contract with Willian in 2013, when he was a player in the ranks of Shakhtar Ukrainian, during the presence of President Sandro Rosell.
The newspaper added that Barcelona was closely followed by Willian while in Shakhtar, and was impressed by the management of the Catalan team, but joined in January 2013 to Angie Russian, who paid 35 million euros for his polarization.
Willian scored the only goal of the Blues yesterday, and prevented him from scoring two more goals.
Willian joined Chelsea from Angie, starting in the 2013-2014 season, against 40 million euros, after a competition with Tottenham.