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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Arsenal winger, Willian, has given reasons why he did not hit the heights at the Gunners.<\/p>\n

Willian joined Arsenal from Chelsea in the summer of 2020 but failed to recapture his previous stunning form at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

His contract at Arsenal was eventually terminated and he left Emirates for the Brazilian side, Corinthians in 2021.<\/p>\n

Willian had made more than 350 appearances for Chelsea and helped the club win two Premier League titles, the Europa League, FA Cup and EFL Cup.<\/p>\n

Discussing his frustrating spell at Arsenal with FourFourTwo magazine, the 33-year-old said things didn\u2019t really go the way he planned at Emirates because he was not happy during his time at the North London club.<\/p>\n

Willian said: \u201cThings didn\u2019t really go the way we all planned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t happy there, and when you are not happy in a place, it doesn\u2019t matter how much you try \u2013 you are not going to be able to deliver what people expect of you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a great project and believed that it would work out, but it didn\u2019t, and so I chose to leave and do what was best for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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