Willian has been passed fit to face Crystal Palace this afternoon having returned to full training at Motspur Park following a groin complaint.
The veteran Brazilian winger was badly missed during last Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Liverpool and head coach Marco Silva feels the Whites are a much stronger side with Willian available.
Silva told his pre-match press conference yesterday:
“He’s probably going to be involved, going to be involved in the match. He trained last few days with us and the reaction has been good from him. We are going to assess him, we just finished the [training] session, and after we have to take the decision for the game, but probably we are going to see him there.
He’s a really important player for us. Any team in this league would be stronger with Willian in their team, despite his age. He doesn’t look like he is 35 or 36. Even I do not know his age because it is not important, what is important is the way he plays and trains. He is a really important piece to our football club and last season was the same. He is always professional and looking to help the team and himself to be better.”
Silva reiterated that he will be doing his best to keep the former Chelsea and Arsenal star at Craven Cottage this summer.
“I’ll do my best to keep him here. There are no developments now, but we will have that conversation with him at the end of the season. I have been speaking with him about it and It was the same at the end of last season, we sat down together and had the conversation about his future, and he wants to do the same this season again. He wants to analyse his season and decide his future. I will speak with him about that and after that it is up to him to make his decision.”
