Compared to OzilWillian, Willian it was...really nothing...
As bad as it sounds, staff don’t win you silverware, higher calibre of player do however and Willian is far better than the vast majority in that Arsenal team
Disgraceful..Mesut Ozil bleeding them dry too (although if I was in his position id be doing the same )
I'm sure they would if he went from Flamengo to Fluminense.His family back in Brazil who all grew up as Chelsea fans will be disgusted.
What a gesture it would be if he donated one week’s wages to ensure around 8-10 of those staff kept their jobs for another year, by which time we should be over the worst of the pandemic. And then encouraged other top earners at the club to do likewise, thus saving all jobs.
What a gesture it would be if he donated one week’s wages to ensure around 8-10 of those staff kept their jobs for another year, by which time we should be over the worst of the pandemic. And then encouraged other top earners at the club to do likewise, thus saving all jobs.
Aye, “the sons of willian”He has to think of his family. A million pounds every 4 or 5 weeks will help.
Arsenal are a complete shambles. Competing with Manchester United to be worst run big club in England.
Arsenal are totally leaderless and clueless, they have zero forward planning and seem to throw money at players who are entering the later stages of their career. They clearly had no succession planning for Wenger leaving and held on to him far too long.
And quite rightly the club should stop vilifying players who want to see out the contracts that were offered to themOzil will sit tight and see that contract out.
You answered it - complete lack of strategic consistency on the football front. Same issue as Manchester United. Fine if you’re interested in their commercial operations as opposed to the football. Liverpool have shown you can do both.
Not sure Willian will make them that much better at that rate, they need a sold CHAs a club, Arsenal absolutely stink.
It is a £100k per week, plus an £8M signing on fee.Everywhere I’ve seen has said it’s £100k a week he’s getting
Arsenal can’t afford £220k a week with Ozil sitting there and Aubameyang about to get a bumper deal
Can’t blame Willian, at 32 he would have been mad to say no. He is still a very good player, will definitely improve ArsenalIt is a £100k per week, plus an £8M signing on fee.
Absolute farce that so many people get made redundant and they then go and spend this on a players wages.
The whole Financial Fair Play needs reviewed, if a club can't afford to pay their non-playing staff but can afford that, questions should be asked.
I don’t blame him. I blame arsenal. They should simply not sign any player if they have to lay other staff off. Even paying him £200k/week would easily pay for 10 staff on £50k/year with the money saved.Yeah I’m sorry but it’s a really poor show. The worst bit is knowing those first team players know about the situation and are seemingly happy to sit and collect their own fortune without each of them dropping a crumb to support the folk who’ve been shafted.
And quite rightly the club should stop vilifying players who want to see out the contracts that were offered to them
I don’t blame him. I blame arsenal. They should simply not sign any player if they have to lay other staff off. Even paying him £200k/week would easily pay for 10 staff on £50k/year with the money saved.
as for them buying, yet another small, forward thinking player....when will they ever address the really issue?
It's the club that offer the contracts and as far as I'm concerned Ozil said he would play and give 100% just the club taking the huff with him.Yeah. Why should players put in any effort once their contract is signed. Just sit back and take the money like Andy Webster did at Ibrox and Bobo Balde did at the paedodome.
The fools that pay for STs, subcription sports channels and over priced replica strips will pick up the tab.
It's the club that offer the contracts and as far as I'm concerned Ozil said he would play and give 100% just the club taking the huff with him.
Tv companies give Arsenal the money it's up to them to use it right and not offer Ott contractsAnd its Sky, BT and others who give you the "opportunity" to fund the madness.
Tv companies give Arsenal the money it's up to them to use it right and not offer Ott contracts
Willian will earn an astonishing £220,000 a week at Arsenal after he completes his free transfer from Chelsea, with the contract expected to be signed off by Sunday.
Sportsmail can reveal a deal in principle has been agreed for some time and the 32-year-old Brazilian will be rewarded handsomely.
Willian’s basic weekly salary will be lower than at Chelsea, but once a huge signing-on fee is factored in — along with loyalty payments and other bonuses throughout the three-year contract’s duration — the staggering mark will be hit.
The vast sums involved raise questions after Arsenal’s announcement last week that they are proposing to make 55 members of staff redundant.
Insiders say Willian’s unveiling was put back because of the ‘poor optics’ if it had followed hot on the heels of the job-cuts statement. Arsenal deny that is the case.
Nevertheless, to commit to spending what could end up being around £35million on a veteran player shortly after the redundancy proposal is bound to go down badly. The deal is also set to feature an option for a fourth year.
Sources added that only an unexpected turn of events would stop the deal being concluded this weekend, meaning Willian — who won the Premier League twice in a glittering Chelsea spell — can shortly start training with his Arsenal team-mates ahead of the new campaign, which starts on September 12.
He would have got nowhere near that money at Chelsea,’ a source explained.
‘The signing-on fee reflects that it is a free transfer and if he sees out the duration it’s a great deal for him.’
Fair play to him, if someone is daft enough to give you a massive deal like that you're not going to simply walk away from it. I actually think he is a much, much better player than he is given credit for. It's just a pity he plays for a piss poor side in Arsenal.Ozil will sit tight and see that contract out.
I dont blame him at all, if Arsenal are daft enough to give him that much money, its down to them.Can’t blame Willian, at 32 he would have been mad to say no. He is still a very good player, will definitely improve Arsenal
Oh I don’t blame the player at all. The blame is with the club, though personally I don’t know how the current first team playing squad can watch that unfold and not offer to help.
He’s a good player, but at that age it’s not a player that’s going to turn things around for them. Despite parting ways with Wenger a few years ago now they still seem to be very much stuck in his shadow.