Arsenal star Henrik Mkhitaryan has blasted the London clubs management over what he termed as broken promises at the start of the current season last August.
The Armenian international is currently on loan to Italian side As Roma, a move he made on the last day of the summer transfer window, just hours after featuring for Arsenal in the North London derby.
Mkhitaryan admitted to being surprised at the move and took a dig at the Arsenal hierarchy.
“I was also surprised when I got the call from my agent (Mino Raiola) who advised me to move to Rome. I didn’t hesitate because I knew I would be more appreciated by Roma than by Arsenal at the time.
“At the beginning of the season they made promises to me, but after two or three weeks everything was different.
“They treated me differently,” The midfielder revealed.
Though he did not reveal what he promises were, it is believed it was the amount of playtime that he would get this season.
He joined Arsenal from Manchester United in a swap deal that involved Chile winger Alexis Sanchez. The Armenian featured heavily for the team under Unai Emery last season. Overall, he has played 3 games for Arsenal scoring nine goals and registering 13 assists.
He is expected to seal a permanent move to AS Roma once his loan deal expires at the end of the season.