Live broadcast, August 15 -during an interview with Werkself-Jahrbuch a few days ago, Zaka, the new aid of Leverkusen this summer, talked about a past in the old club Arsenal, he bluntly decided not to wear this shirt after being booed by Gunners fans in 2019.

Zaka said frankly that he had planned to leave Arsenal after being booed by fans in 2019: “After returning home from the match against Crystal Palace, I once made up my mind to never wear this shirt again. That really hurt me. At that moment, it was no longer possible for me to play for Arsenal or boos for my fans for no reason in my opinion.”

For the 30-year-old player, he still doesn’t know why he was booed by the fans. Zaka said: “When I went to menxing at the age of 19, I also experienced a difficult time and wanted to leave, but at that time my father said: ‘If you run away now, then you will be running away forever. ‘I stayed and things went in a good direction.”

“But after the scandal at Arsenal, my father told me for the first time: ‘It’s over. We have to go. We even packed up our luggage, and I reached an agreement with Hertha BSC Berlin. I am ready to leave.”

But in the end, Arsenal manager Aalter persuaded him. Zaka said, “I don’t even know how he did it, but he just convinced me, this is also the first time in my life that I have made a decision without the participation of my parents.”

In the following four years, Zaka also became an important player and fan favorite. He said frankly: “Such a change may have never happened in England football. I was hit very hard at that time, and I didn’t even fully show my family how painful it was. But I learned a lot from it. In the final analysis, this is just football.”

Zaka moved to Arsenal in 2016 and made a total of 297 appearances in 7 seasons, contributing 23 goals and 29 assists. This summer, he joined the pharmaceutical factory with a transfer fee of 15 million euros and signed a contract until 2028.

(Ximu)