It was today officially announced by Arsenal that they’ve signed Willian.
After 7 years at Stamford Bridge, the Brazilian’s contract finally ran out, and with no 3 year extension from Chelsea forthcoming, his desire to stay in London meant a move to the Gunners.
While most Chelsea fans loved Willian, others couldn’t stand him, and there’s a similarly mixed reaction to his move to our rivals Arsenal.
Some are sad to see him go, while others gloat about the “retirement home” nature of the move, where he joins previously expendable David Luiz.
In reality, there were very few who thought that it would have been a good idea to give him the three years he wanted, even those who were really big fans.
Sporting Index put the question to their fans on Twitter and got some interesting responses to it.
You can see a selection of the reaction in the Tweets embedded here:
https://twitter.com/LaurenceelliCFC/status/1294207070976249857
https://twitter.com/ManLoicRemy/status/1294207069634142209
https://twitter.com/well______smh/status/1294210091382497280
I am so gutted because Willian is peak Ronaldinho on his day which happens once every 365 days..
— ⭐⭐ (@SignEveryone) August 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/8ayandhitall/status/1294207096372658176
Heartbroken pic.twitter.com/8leVUDCdId
— ETDgamer (@ETDgamer) August 14, 2020
Couldn't give a toss about it, we've actually been looking forward to this day since 2015
— #COYB 🌟🌟 🏆💙 (@nbsulymanFC) August 14, 2020
It’s weird coz I wanted him to stay because of the person he is but I’m not worried he’ll be amazing at arsenal. Not upset nor happy either
— Ols ⭐️⭐️ (@CFCOls) August 14, 2020
Couple of offside goals, own goals and 1 or 2 deflected goals will replace his 7 goals per season from next year 😂 no need to upset
— Maneesh (@maneesh_jung) August 14, 2020
Not in any way
— James (@jamesdsmithcfc) August 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/richyade5/status/1294210087557488640
Will I be happier if ziyech is on the bench for willian to play?
— BlueCo Consortium (@Romantified) August 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/CfcKoosh/status/1294209011689168896