His time at Fluminese told Arsene Wenger he was going to be a star, his time with Levante says otherwise. Wellington Silva’s off field antics have overshadowed the Brazilian’s time in Spain, but then again he’s only made a handful of substitute appearances in his time at Levante.
When he left Fluminese his Brazilian manager Muricy Ramalho said of him:
‘I am very unsatisfied with him. He misses training, arrives late, argues with his father, this has nothing to do with Fluminese. He needs to become a player because right now he still isn’t one.’
At the time Arsenal presumed that the young strikers problems stemmed out of his poor relationship with his manager, just as van Persie’s problems did when he was at Feyenoord. However, now it appears that there is a deeper problem that needs to be addressed. Last season reports of an unhealthy penchant for the local pizzeria and an obsession with Twitter were cited as the reason for Wellington’s lack of playing time and little seems to have changed. At first it was put down to problems for the Brazilian in settling in to life on a new continent but Levante manager Luis Garcia insisted that everything has been done to help the Brazilian feel at home.
Garcia said:
‘I want him to be more professional in his behaviour. Arsenal want us to work and help him and not only in terms of football. We’ve drawn up a programme for him and I want more time spent with his team-mates to help him settle and with the different language. He does have a problem settling in, being lonely. It’s important that he has someone to help and guide him.’
Someone should take Wellington aside and tell him the story of Pennant and Aliadiare.Neither man was prepared to strive for the opportunities offered to them and now, at still a young age, both are yesterday’s men.
what opportunity is that? being dumped in the middle of nowhere after signing for arsenal fc?
your analogy is crazy because pennant and aliadiaire didn’t have any restrictions. instead of slagging off an 18 years old kid maybe you should ask arsene to stop signing players who are not qualify to play england.
flumininse did ask if he can stay one more year arsenal refused. maybe then he could have won few caps like the rest of the wizzkid of his generation ie, neymar and luca silva.
lets just hope he will win special talent visa this january or send him back to brazil
twitting and eating pizza against football,
why do we deal with spanish club? they seem to have funny way of thinking.
wellington look fit and always trains
Sam,the simple question is whether or not the kid wants to be a professional footballer.
You can blame anyone or anything you like,but it is up to him to make the necessary adjustments In his life to fulfil his potential.
Do not defend a spoilt brat.
@Scott,
Agreed. If Sam doesn’t understand the opportunities available to these youngsters, he must live in cloud cuckoo land.
Surely M. Inerta is the one to decide if he is worth special attenion.As we, presumably, pay his wages, could he not become a junior with our other hopefuls? His potential could be evaluated more confidently playing with and against known talent,rather than playing in a new distant land, against unknowns. If somehow he could enjoy a decent spell at Arsenal, he might feel more valued, which might fire his ambition. Clearly, his isolation, in a short term outpost, is not helping him to settle.He is an investment of a few millions. That should jerk this lot into making an effort – it`s all they know.