Willian em ação contra o Flamengo no Maracanã (Foto: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians) O meia-atacante Willian , ex- Corinthians and currently at Fulham , gave details of his controversial departure from Timão. In August 2021, the player returned to the club that revealed him, but in a troubled passage, he did not establish himself and chose to return to Europe. In an interview with "ESPN", the athlete justified the choice to return to the Old Continent through the off-field problems he experienced during the months he was in São Paulo. - I arrived motivated and happy, but I had four injuries in just one year, something that was not common in my career. But I started well, people said I was a Premier League guy playing in Brazil. But from the moment the off-field started to bother... the team was losing, the results were not fitting, and I started to feel uncomfortable. Threats, then I started to feel my daughters oppressed, people cursing them and me on social media... I had to go to the police twice to make a police report - said the former Seleção. Willian, in the interview, also explained how the conversation with the then president of Corinthians, Duilio Monteiro Alves, went in order to reach an agreement to end the contract. - From that moment on, I thought: "I don't need to go through this. I respect the club, I respect Corinthians, but I don't need to go through this here in Brazil. I want to leave". I talked to the president and explained what was happening, that it wasn't okay, that me and my family weren't feeling well. Money doesn't buy your peace, and I didn't feel peace. I felt like a prisoner in my own home. In Brazil, your personal life is a hostage to professional results, and that can't happen - added the midfielder. Shortly after leaving Timão, Willian chose to return to European football. Already having experience in England - he went through Chelsea and Arsenal - he signed with Fulham, where he already has 67 games, with ten goals and seven assists. Willian in action for Corinthians (Foto: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians)