Willian, 33, has penned apology letter to Arsenal fans after leaving the club with two years left on his contract

Willian has apologised to Arsenal fans for after he agreed to terminate his contract with the North London club. 

Recall that the 33-year-old arrived on a free transfer in August 2020 after leaving Chelsea. He penned a three-year deal reportedly worth more than £200,000 a week with the Gunners. 

 

Willian has completed two years deal to join his boyhood club, Corinthians in Brazil. The former Chelsea star agreed with Arsenal to terminate his contract with two years left. 

He has now apologized to the club's fans for his time at the club.

 

“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,” the 33-year-old wrote on Instagram page following his move to Corinthians. 

 

“Unfortunately it didn’t happen for me at Arsenal and I am sorry about that.”

 

The 70-time Brazil international hit back at critics who he felt he joined Arsenal for “financial reasons”.

 

“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, [suggesting] that I had come here for financial reasons,” added Willian, who scored one goal in 25 league appearances for Arsenal last season.

 

“I hope with my actions today [I] explain [that] 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.”