Aaron Ramsey has explained Arsenal withdrew their contract offer to him when he was ready to sign and that forced him to leave the club.
The midfielder was at Arsenal for 10 seasons before his contract ran into its final year in the 2018/2019 season.
Arsenal struggled to get him to agree to a new deal and it seemed the midfielder wanted to leave. Eventually, the club withdrew its offer and he moved to Juventus on a free transfer.
The Old Lady offered him a lot of money to join them, but Ramsey explains that it was not the money that made him leave Arsenal. He insists there was no other contract to sign.
He said, as quoted by Matchplug: ‘It all happened… I agreed to a contract they proposed.
‘Things went quiet for a few weeks. I was telling my agent, ‘Let’s do it’, then all of a sudden the contract was no longer there. So there was nothing to sign or agree.
‘It was a difficult start for a few months with Unai [Emery]. As the season was going on, I was playing more and playing really well.
‘Then January came and I had to make a decision whether I carried on and saw what happened or whether I agreed [to sign] somewhere [else].’
