Estevao exposes Paez discussions about potential Chelsea transfer - Paul Vegas

Both players will be joining Chelsea next summer, according to Estevao who revealed to Placar: "During our match in the Libertadores, he had already secured his move and I was finalizing the details of my transfer."

"But, in this last game for the national team (in September), I met him in Ecuador and we had already made arrangements.

"We talked a lot there. We talked about English, adaptations that will be difficult, but I think we have everything to make it work and it will be a great experience.

"He came over and asked me how I was feeling. He also said that it was really hard and boring to study English, but that he was learning too. He said he wanted to go there soon, he wanted to have that European experience. I said we’d be there soon.

"I think we can play together. Even though he plays more centrally today and I play more on the wing, I definitely think we can play together and it will be a good, healthy rivalry."