Was it about the money? Willian gave up 30 million USD to make it easy on the Gunners and to find joy again by playing football is his own country, with Corinthians. When you put it like that it sounds romantic, almost idyllic. However it is far from that. Ask Arsenal fans. Or Willian’s agent.Kia Joorabchian, Willian’s representative, could not hold his opinion to himself. British-Iranian spoke his mind in an interview with talkSPORT regarding the way Arsenal performed while his client was at the Emirates.Sat, 11/9, 17.00: (1.60) ARSENAL (4.00) NORWICH (5.70)Just a year after he joined from rivals Chelsea, Willian is gone from English football and many have criticized him saying it was a money driven move with no intention to make Arsenal a better team.’He didn’t go (to Arsenal) for the money. He went for the project and the project wasn’t there.’, Joorabchian said. ‘What player has gone to Arsenal recently and has not been a disaster? Willian wasn’t the problem.”Willian doesn’t blame Arteta. We all want Mikel to do well. ‘Even as fans, they may be disgruntled at the moment but any fan of any football club always wants the best. At the moment the project has not worked, it’s not about Willian.’Aqui eu nasci como jogador de futebol.Após 14 anos estou de volta para continuar a escrever minha história no clube que amo. Vai @Corinthians!!!👊#Willianédotimao #willian #cotinthians #vaicorinthians pic.twitter.com/VrvO8n6X6P— Willian (@willianborges88) August 31, 2021 Following a disastrous 12 months in north London, Arsenal confirmed on Monday that they and the player had agreed to mutually terminate his contract – Willian gave up his 30 million USD contract to leave the club. At Corinthians, he will take a large pay cut from the 275,000-USD-a-week deal he had at the Emirates.Willian released a statement after completing a move to Sao Paulo based club. In it he admitted that, since his arrival to Arsenal last year, things hadn’t worked out for the Gunners.’Unfortunately things on the pitch didn’t go the way we had all planned and hoped, I received a lot of criticism especially from some members of the press that I had come here for financial reasons.’ Willian said on Instagram.Willian’s parting message after leaving Arsenal. pic.twitter.com/s6gOcoo67b— Charles Watts (@charles_watts) August 30, 2021 ‘I hope with my actions today explain to those people and they now understand that was not the case. I hope it teaches some people that they should not be so quick to pass judgement and create bad environments to make themselves important even though I accept that’s part of the game.’All my career I have done everything to be the best I can be I always want to win and I find it hard to accept not doing so. Unfortunately it didn’t happen for me at Arsenal and I am sorry about that.’ he added.Arsenal spent 200 million USD and now they bring Tottenham’s surplus: Aurier to replace Bellerin’To the Arsenal fans I am sorry we never got to meet properly due to the pandemic but I know your desire for success and your support for the club is incredible so I wish you all the best for the future because you deserve it. To everyone else involved with this historic club I wish you all the best for the future.’ During Willian’s eight-year stay in England, he collected two Premier League titles, an FA Cup crown and the 2018-19 Europa League with the Stamford Bridge club.He terminated his Arsenal contract with two years left and by doing so renounced quite an amount. Was it really about the money?
