Arsenal’s Willian understood to be keen on return to Chelsea

An update on the potential future of Willian has emerged in the English press on Tuesday.

Willian’s Arsenal stint

After spending the best part of his career at Chelsea, Willian opted to depart the London outfit on a free transfer last summer.

The Brazilian had been a solid servant to Chelsea over the years, with Arsenal probably quite pleased to get Willian – despite his age – in as a useful squad player.

However, to say the winger’s stint at the Emirates has proved to be underwhelming would be putting it lightly.

Willian’s first league clash in an Arsenal shirt saw him provide two assists on the opening weekend vs Fulham.

In his following 24 PL clashes, though, Willian has managed to score just one goal and provide three more assists.

Willian eyeing Chelsea return

Now, despite having another two years to run on his Arsenal contract, rumours have begun to spread that Willian could be on the move this summer.

Despite these rumours, comments from Arteta recently did suggest Willian would be at Arsenal next season:

“Every player that is under contract is very likely to be here with us next season.”

Arteta on Willian possibly leaving this summer:

“Every player that is under contract is very likely to be here with us next season.” pic.twitter.com/dJKa8luWJK

— Charles Watts (@charles_watts) May 18, 2021

Now, though, Sky Sports are reporting Willian is keen on a return to former club, Chelsea.

Sky do not say if Chelsea would be interested in having Willian back. But given the Blues already have a plethora of younger, more in-form attacking options at their disposal, it is hard to imagine the Londoners taking Willian back now.

Former Chelsea forward Willian is understood to be keen on a return to Stamford Bridge.

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— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 25, 2021

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	38	51	86
2	Manchester United FC	38	29	74
3	Liverpool FC	38	26	69
4	Chelsea FC	38	22	67
5	Leicester City FC	38	18	66
6	West Ham United FC	38	15	65
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	38	23	62
8	Arsenal FC	38	16	61
9	Leeds United	38	8	59
10	Everton FC	38	-1	59
11	Aston Villa FC	38	9	55
12	Newcastle United FC	38	-16	45
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	38	-16	45
14	Crystal Palace FC	38	-25	44
15	Southampton FC	38	-21	43
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	38	-6	41
17	Burnley FC	38	-22	39
18	Fulham FC	38	-26	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	38	-41	26
20	Sheffield United FC	38	-43	23

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	23
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	22
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	17
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	17
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	16
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	15
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	14
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	12
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	12
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	11
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	11
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	11
Bale, Gareth	Tottenham Hotspur FC	11
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	11
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	10

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC		12
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion		11
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC		11
Phillips, Kalvin	Leeds United		10
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC		9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC		8
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC		9
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC		8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC		8
Andersen, Joachim	Fulham FC	1	7
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC		8
Dallas, Stuart	Leeds United		7
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC		7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC		7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	14
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	12
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Raphinha	Leeds United	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	8
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	8
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	8
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	8
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	7
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	7
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	7
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	7
Eze, Eberechi	Crystal Palace FC	7
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	7
Robertson, Andrew	Liverpool FC	7

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