Brazilian footballer Willian, who returned to the Corinthians this summer, described his spell at Emirates Stadium as the toughest time ever.
A little about the topic
The Brazilian admitted that he wanted to leave Arsenal after only three months because he was not happy in north London. Arsenal signed the Brazilian footballer to a free transfer following his departure from Chelsea in the summer of 2020, tying him to a three-year contract. However, Willian asked for that deal to be shortened in August before returning to the Corinthians club, struggling to reach the best level during his solo campaign at Emirates Stadium.
What did Willian say?
The Brazilian has now revealed at his departure, saying that he was not happy, and therefore did not perform. Willian doesn’t want to go into details, but he wasn’t happy. So when Willian came there he was happy, from the very beginning he was motivated, he wanted to do well, a new club, new friends, new projects. Three months later, Willian told his agent that he wanted to go. Willian doesn’t want to talk badly about the club because it is a big club, has a long history in football, big players played there before it was a big club – but it didn’t work, it was certainly the most difficult time of his career.
Willian had a two-year paycheck when Arsenal agreed to terminate his contract, but he was more than willing to make that sacrifice to rediscover his passion for the game. The Brazilian said that yes, it was a lot of money that he donated – money is not the most important thing in life, you need to be happy, have fun and wake up and want to go to training. According to Willian, he didn’t have that, so he told himself, with his family and his wife, he cannot stay here, he is not happy here, he has to leave and find a way out to leave the club. It’s unfair for Willian to stay in a place where he doesn’t want to stay just for money.