Chelsea star Willian has vowed he will never cash in and join the Chinese Super League
The Brazilian seen his mate join the Far East revolution and sign for Shanghai SIPG on a reported £400,000 per week deal but Willian is happy at Stamford Bridge
WILLIAN has handed Chelsea a boost ahead of their showdown with Arsenal - insisting he will NEVER follow his pal Oscar to China.
The Brazilian midfielder saw his countryman quit Stamford Bridge last month for mega-rich Shanghai SIPG in a £60million deal.
But Willian said he loves life with Antonio Conte's Premier League leaders - and has no plans to leave for a vast payday in the Chinese Super League.
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The 28-year-old, Chelsea's player of last season, also admitted he lost almost a stone as he struggled to cope with the death of his mother last October.
Willian said: "I am happy for Oscar, as he absolutely wanted to go to China. Of course he will earn a lot of money over there.
"But a move to China does not come into my thinking. The main thing for me is to be happy.
"I love playing for Chelsea. I like the club, the surroundings and the Premier League.
"My family is happy here, and I have all I need. There are no clubs in Europe that I like - it is just Chelsea.
"When my mother died it was difficult for me mentally, and I suffered physically as well. I lost nine pounds in weight.
"But I have come through the first big stage of grieving. Things are going well now, I have got my self-confidence back, and I feel good."
Willian has hit six goals in 19 games this season, and helped the Blues compile a run of 13 straight Premier League wins.
They sit nine points clear at the top, and can bury the Gunners' lingering title hopes with a win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The set-piece expert insisted: "Antonio Conte always works hard with us. He prepares us precisely about every opposing side, so we can go into each game with the correct plan.
"He has different training methods to Jose Mourinho, and a different philosophy of football. He is more of a motivator than Jose, and expects us to play at full throttle.
"Mourinho is a terrific manager as well - he has won lots of trophies with Chelsea - but now Conte is continuing his good work.
"When a new manager comes in it is always difficult to transform everything and be successful straight away. Things did not go perfectly for us at first.
"But in time our results got better, and we had that incredible run of wins.
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"We had a bad season last time, and I don't know exactly why. We began badly, lost too many players and were unable to make up the gap on the top sides.
"Things have gone much better this season. We are not involved in Europe, but we all want to play in the Champions League - and if we continue to perform well we will be back in it next time around."