{"id":16013,"date":"2025-09-04T19:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=634012"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:35:39","slug":"joao-pedro-hails-estevao-says-hell-be-like-vinicius-junior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/joao-pedro-hails-estevao-says-hell-be-like-vinicius-junior\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u00e3o Pedro hails Est\u00eav\u00e3o; Says, \u201cHe\u2019ll be like Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea forward Jo\u00e3o Pedro has heaped praise on teenage sensation Est\u00eav\u00e3o Willian, tipping him to follow in the footsteps of Brazil star Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Evening Standard, Pedro highlighted Est\u00eav\u00e3o\u2019s natural talent and street football roots: \u201cYou can see he\u2019s from the streets! He\u2019s natural\u2026 also Tosin said to me: Jo\u00e3o, wow bro. Est\u00eav\u00e3o is amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old winger, who is already representing both Brazil and Chelsea, has been compared to Real Madrid\u2019s Vin\u00edcius for his flair and fearless style of play. Pedro is confident his compatriot is destined for greatness: \u201cPlaying for Brazil and Chelsea at 18, oh my God\u2026 he\u2019ll become like Vini Jr in future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Pedro and Est\u00eav\u00e3o are part of Chelsea\u2019s setup this season, and the Blues faithful will be eager to watch the young Brazilian develop into one of world football\u2019s brightest stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea forward Jo\u00e3o Pedro has heaped praise on teenage sensation Est\u00eav\u00e3o Willian, tipping him to follow in the footsteps of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2707,146,312,3796,4000,2053,2554],"class_list":["post-16013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-brazil-football-team","tag-brazilian","tag-chelsea","tag-football","tag-joao-pedro","tag-neymar-jr","tag-vinicius-jr"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}