‘I wasn’t happy’ – Willian Regrets Joining Arsenal

Olympiacos winger Willian has admitted that joining Arsenal was a significant mistake in his career. The former Brazilian international left Chelsea as a free agent to sign with the Gunners but revealed in an interview with the Five YouTube channel that his time at Arsenal was the most challenging period of his career.

“I wasn’t happy, I wasn’t happy. That’s why I didn’t perform,” Willian said, while opting not to delve into further details.

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“When I arrived there I was happy, from the beginning I was motivated, I wanted to do well – new club, new mates, new project. But after three months, I said to my agent: ‘Please, I want to go’. I don’t want to speak bad about the club, because it is a big club. Arsenal has a big history.

“In football, big players played there before as well. But it didn’t work, it didn’t work. It was, of course, the most difficult time of my career.”

“It was big money that I gave up (to leave Arsenal),” he added.

“But sometimes money is not the most important thing in life. I think you need to be happy, get pleasure every day waking up in the morning to go to train. I wasn’t having that.

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“So I said to myself, with my family, I cannot stay here, I am not happy here. I have to leave, find a way out, leave the club, because if I stay I am going to stay the same. For me, it’s unfair to stay in a place that you don’t want to stay just because of the money. For me, it was that.”

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