Arsenal ‘paying Willian huge £220,000-A-WEEK’ after free transfer from Chelsea – a week after making 55 redundant

ARSENAL are paying Willian £220,000-a-week, it's claimed.

The staggering sum puts the club at risk of a backlash having just made 55 staff redundant.

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The former Chelsea player, who became a free agent at the end of the season, has today completed his move to Arsenal.

The report that the 32-year-old's huge weekly wage is made up of a signing on fee, loyalty payments and other bonuses.

It works out at around £11.4million a year, and a total of £34m over the course of his three year contract.

The report adds that there is an option for a fourth year.

With a deal going through today, it comes hot on the heels of the club announcing a flood or redundancies.

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The FA Cup winners have proposed cutting around 10 per cent of their worforce amid the coronavirus downturn.

It's been alleged than many of the players who accepted a 12.5 per cent pay cut earlier this year are "fuming" with the decision.

They reportedly slashed their salaries on the basis that the money saved would avoid the need for any staff cuts.

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News of Willian's huge contract will only rub salt into those wounds.

The Daily Mail even claims the delay to Willian's unveiling was due to the redundancies and a desire to avoid "poor optics" - although Arsenal deny this.

The club are also thought to be close to agreeing a new jaw-dropping contract with star striker Pierre Emerick-Aubamayang that will likely be in excess of £300,000-a-week.