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Olympiacos midfielder, Willian, has admitted he made a big mistake joining Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Willian left Chelsea to sign for the Gunners as a free agent in 2020.<\/p>\n
However, speaking with Five YouTube channel, the Brazilian revealed that he endured the most difficult time of his career at the Emirates.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t happy, I wasn\u2019t happy. That\u2019s why I didn\u2019t perform. I don\u2019t want to go into the details,\u201d Willian said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I arrived there I was happy, from the beginning I was motivated, I wanted to do well \u2013 new club, new mates, new project. But after three months, I said to my agent: \u2018Please, I want to go\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to speak bad about the club, because it is a big club. Arsenal has a big history.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn football, big players played there before as well. But it didn\u2019t work, it didn\u2019t work. It was, of course, the most difficult time of my career.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was big money that I gave up (to leave Arsenal).<\/p>\n
\u201cBut 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\u2019t having that.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, it\u2019s unfair to stay in a place that you don\u2019t want to stay just because of the money. For me, it was that.\u201d<\/p>\n
EPL: It was unfair for me to stay \u2013 Willian opens up on Arsenal exit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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