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Willian Confirms Chelsea Departure


Sun 09 Aug 2020 | 04:42 PM
Mohamed Helba

Brazil winger Willian has announced on Sunday that he has left Chelsea after spending seven years at the club.

Willian missed Chelsea's Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich on Saturday with an ankle injury and is now out of contract.

"The time has now come to move on," Willian wrote on his official Instagram page.

"I leave with my head held high, safe in the knowledge that I won things here and always did my best in a Chelsea shirt," the 32-year old Brazilian winger said.

During his journey with the Blues, he made 339 appearances after signing from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala for £30m in 2013 as he became one of the most popular players at Stamford Bridge in the process.

He has won five major trophies with the Blues, including two Premier League titles and the Europa League, and won the club's players' player of the year award twice.

"There were so many happy times, some sad, there were trophies and it was always very intense," he added.