I'm sure you've seen more of Willian over the course of his career than me with him being Brazilian. So I'd be interested in your perspective.
From what I've seen of him over the years and at Arsenal he's pretty much the antithesis of what I think of as a Brazilian winger.
He's almost robotic in the things he does on the ball to me, there's not a lot of flair or individuality there to me, so I find him quite a boring player to watch, irrespective of his qualities.
His CV and everything speaks for itself but for me I've always viewed him as a player who's stats exceed his performances generally. It's weird.
How highly is he thought of in Brazil?
I've talked about this before, he just seems like a very meek individual. He's not a protagonist at all, he's a supporting actor to other leading men, which is what I found REALLY odd about him being brought into Arsenal and spoken by management the way he was.
If anything, we needed a LW, having sold Iwobi and since Saka was on the way up but not playing at his current level yet, and Willian was never that brilliant at LW.
Even at Chelsea he was like what you describe, he had the stats, but was very much hot and cold with his performances. A passanger for a lot of games and turn up for some.