The true cost of Willian
When I first heard we were signing Willian I was not happy at all.
I've never felt he was an amazing player and I felt that Arsenal needed to focus on the great youth we have at the club, rather than buying a player from our rivals who is past his best and they weren't willing to give him the deal he wanted so much. For some reason we did.
So after the first game against Fulham, I thought ok maybe this might work out well. I was wrong and my initial reservations were correct.
In 34 appearances for the club, he has only 7 assists (which none were Ozil-like) and 0 goals.
So yes money has been wasted on his wages but the biggest loss to our club is that in getting Willian he has blocked other players' ( he youth's) progress in the club.
Imagine if he had never come which would mean there could be extra 8 games this season for Pepe, Gabi, Balagun and Nelson. That’s a lot and you're telling me between those 4 they wouldn’t amass more than 7 assists and no goals? It’s a joke and a real shame.
It seems Reiss Nelson will go because he has had no chance because Willian has had to play. What a waste of talent AGAIN. For Arsenal to start to move in the right direction we need to stop doing stupid things like this.
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Arsenal have given alot PL players who have past their prime a life line with new deals at Arsenal FC.This process must stop.
Well said , Superman 86. We can’t go racing with an old banger borrowed from the uncle next door. We need a completely refreshed team .. We have the youngsters and we need a manager to lead them to success. We don’t need Chelsea’s “experience”. We had calamity Chech also.. He was a disaster, blocking Sczesney and Martinez path. Looking at ESR salary (20k per month) and Willian (100k per month) you can see how chaotic is organised and managed our club now.
Totally agree
I completely agree. His transfer was absolutely needless. I thought he was brought a temporary replacement to then-injured Martinelli and help his growth. But when I found out that it was a 3-year deal, I understood that he wasn't worth the money we invested in him.
Really feel the season would have gone a different way had we not bought him