Willian rinsed Arsenal for 54 weeks

Mikel Arteta has completed some fantastic enterprise within the switch market throughout his time as Arsenal supervisor.

The Spaniard has signed the likes of Aaron Ramsdale, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus over the earlier two summer season switch home windows, they usually have considerably improved the beginning XI, all rating extremely in WhoScored‘s efficiency metrics.

Regardless of the quite a few positives, although, there have been a few howlers from the 40-year-old, with a former Chelsea participant arguably main the cost to be Arteta’s worst signing for the Gunners.

Willian rinsed Arsenal for 54 weeks

Willian joined Arsenal on a free switch in 2020 following a stellar spell at Chelsea which noticed him register 125 purpose contributions (63 objectives and 62 assists) whereas winning two Premier League titles and the Europa League.

Regardless of the Brazilian winger simply turning 32, attracting a participant of his high quality was seen as strong enterprise from Arteta, however the transfer didn’t precisely set the Emirates Stadium alight.

Scoring simply once in 37 appearances wasn’t the influence that the supervisor would’ve anticipated from the participant, and regardless of having a dribble success charge of 72% and making 1.3 key passes per recreation, the Brazilian couldn’t replicate his performances from his time at Chelsea.

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Over the course of his 54-week spell at Arsenal, Willian rinsed the membership of £7.4m as he was incomes £138k-per-week. For simply 37 appearances and a solitary purpose, it wasn’t cash nicely spent.

The 34-year-old was dubbed “woeful” by Jack Goff and the entire experiment clearly didn’t work out for both get together.

A transfer to Corinthians adopted earlier than shifting again to the Premier League, this time with Fulham, firstly of the 2022/23 marketing campaign.

Arteta has discovered from this error and he seems to be diverting his consideration to signing both youthful abilities, or gamers at their peak, with a purpose to enhance his crew going ahead.

With the Gunners presently sitting fairly on the prime of the league table, his strategies appear to be working.