Willian continues to expose the costly £284million worth of Chelsea transfer errors that Roman Abramovich made towards the latter stages of his ownership tenure.
The Brazilian has had a rough two years since being released by the West London club as a free agent after Marina Granovskaia could not justify offering him more than a two year extension with the player in question wanting three years. Consequently, Arsenal picked him up as a free agent and just like his most recent Corinthians move, the 34-year-old never really settled into life with those two sides and this allowed Fulham and Marco Silva to take another chance on the winger.
football.london understands that a return to London was always high on Willian's agenda, not just due to the fond memories his family hold of the English capital but also his investments made outside of football with the restaurant he co-owns with now Flamengo player and former Blues teammate David Luiz. Fulham's new number 20 has settled back into English football relatively well in 2021/22. He made a 30-minute cameo in the 2-1 loss to Tottenham a few weeks ago whilst he attained his first goal contribution of the campaign with his pinpoint cross which was met by the head of defender Tosin Adarabioyo at the City Ground.
