Willian: Just three months after I went to Arsenal, I asked to leave.

Willian admitted that he wanted to leave Arsenal himself three months after the signing, because he was unhappy in North London.

The Topchis transferred the Brazilian as a free player after his departure from Chelsea in the summer of 2020, while three - year contract was signed in Emirates.

However, he requested a break in the contract in August by reuniting to the childhood club, Corinthians, because he could not reach his potential in the English team.

I wasn't happy, so I didn't play well. I don't want to go into detail, but I wasn't happy”, Willian said about Rio Ferdinand's channel on YouTube, FIVE.

When I got there, I was motivated from the beginning, I wanted to succeed, new club, new associates, new projects”.

After three months, I told my agent: Please, I want to leave. I don't want to talk bad about the club, because it's a big club with big football stories, big players played there, but it didn't work, it was definitely the hardest time in my” career, it's been put away from 33.

Willian was among the best midfielders in the Premier League during the seven years in Chelsea, where he won two championship titles, but he never showed the same shape at Arsenal.