Dani Ceballos had to leave the Real Madrid in summer before the few opportunities he had the last two seasons and he made it to the Arsenal. The Utreran midfielder, who has already recovered from his serious injury and is recovering his best form, has granted an interview to Marca and has acknowledged that Zinedine Zidane “he said he was following the matches of Arsenal“In addition, he has warned that” doing things there will be an opportunity to return to Madrid“.
The improvement of Madrid. “The change of Madrid That he has had from one year to the next is brutal. It is a very compact team, perhaps it is better defensive than offensive, but that does not have to do only with the work of the defenders, but of all, of the implication that everyone has. The Madrid He knows that he will always score a goal or two, so keeping the goal to zero, as he has achieved during many games this year, is the dynamic that I think he must follow to be champions. They go in ascending line, hopefully they maintain it ”. (DC News: Zidane's 'anger' at Isco in recent weeks)
The Ceballos of this season in Madrid. “The Madrid It's my club and I belong to them. I decided to go out with a clear intention, play and feel protagonist in a team. I think this year in the Madrid I was probably not going to have all the minutes I wanted and I bet to play football and enjoy. The course started quite well, but as a result of the injury it has gone down, but now the situation has to be reversed. ”
Your return to Madrid. “Right now I don't think about it, I'm focused on the Arsenal. By doing things right there will be an opportunity to return to Madrid“
The option to play more games. “Spanish players who come out with 20 years at Madrid they're very few. And you know that you go to a club with a very high demand, that the best players in the world will be in your position, but it is a step that you will never regret in your life. If he loves you Madrid, which is the best club in the world, you have to go. And when that decision is made, now that I'm out, I still think I was right. These two years have served me not to play everything I would like, but on a personal and football level I have improved a lot. I know that this year I have greater virtues thanks to the two years I was in the Madrid“
Next year's Ceballos. “Soccer changes overnight. Hopefully for now to achieve the objectives with the Arsenal and then the dream of my life, to play with the national team a final phase ”.
Kroos. “The two years I played in Madrid I listened to him in the locker room, everyone wanted to play with him. A cold soccer player, who in important moments does not shake his leg, and who understands football like nobody else, not only with the ball. It is very intelligent when pressing and stealing. I remember in the end of the Champions in Kiev. In the first part the Liverpool it put us at a very high pace, there was nervousness in players like Modric, Bouquets, Christian… but I saw Toni and also to Karim (Benzema) and they were players who made a difference, they were calm, they wanted the ball … You always like having them by your side. ”
His football. “I am a soccer player with a great vision of the game and I think that in these years I have improved the defensive capacity. Now all coaches want full players, before it was only worth having quality, and attacking Now the numbers 10 have virtually disappeared in football, you have to be more complete. I have work and also quality to take that last pass. ”
The ‘new’ more vertical football. “It depends on the philosophy of each coach. Now you have to be complete, the quality has to be accompanied by the physical. But the difficult thing in football is to have quality, the physique can be improved with work and dedication day by day. And I think the Premier is going to give me many things that I didn't have. ”
The rumors of the winter market with Betis and Valencia. “I have never had a quiet market, neither summer nor winter. The first year of Betis they were already Madrid and Barça interested in me, then I signed with him Madrid, then already in January that if I loved the Betis back, after the European to Arsenal, now turn to other teams … It is a sign that you do things fairly well so that there are teams that are interested in you. But it is also true that I like a stability in a club and decided to stay in the Arsenal because he is the one who opted for me and I want to give him back his confidence because I think it's time to step forward. ”
An exit. “No, when you start thinking things coldly … It seems simple nonsense, but fans of Arsenal They have a song dedicated to me, there are only three or four players on the team who have their song and have been there for many years. I feel very dear, every time I play in the Emirates (snorts) or I go out to warm the fans continuously is always supporting me. ”
The European Championship on the horizon. “Yes, because there is a European Championship at stake. When you get into an outburst because you don't play five or six games, nervousness begins, but when you rethink it you know that you come from an injury of two and a half months and that your physique you think is one hundred percent, but it is not … You put everything on the scale, you think it with your feet on the ground, you know that the one who bet on you was the Arsenal and you have to restore that trust through work and reverse the situation. If I achieve it, it will have more value, the fact of returning from an injury and helping the team to achieve the objectives, will leave a better feeling than if I had made the cowardly decision to leave and leave the equipment planted. The Arsenal He opted for me and I can't let them down. ”
Liverpool's choice. “That a club like him Liverpool I love you is a pride, but my decision was to go to Arsenal why Emery He grabbed my hand and told me to go together. Klopp He is a great coach, but you have to see the game philosophy of each team. Right now players of my philosophy of play in a team like the Liverpool They would not fit in the best possible way. But that you are related to the greats is because you are doing things right.
Injury. “It was in Guimarares, in Portugal, I think because of an excess of matches. Wore in two months 17 gamesHe was the only player who had played all these games. In those moments I talked with Unai (Emery) and I told him that, in all competitions, as long as I could and my body allowed it, I wanted to play it all. Sometimes you have to learn from mistakes. It cost me an injury, but you learn everything. ”
The recovery in Valdebebas. “The medical services of Arsenal and Madrid We were at a common point that the best thing for me, because of the language and to know the doctors and physics well, was to recover in Madrid. Today I am very happy because I think it was the best decision. I was a month and a half in Madrid until I went back to London to do the medical tests and see that everything was correct. And from there try to catch the level and return to the dynamic ”.
The coincidence with former companions and Zidane. “I was all talking to the president and coach, I have to be very grateful to them because they told me that I was a player of Madrid and that if I had to go back to recover that no problem. Knowing that I couldn't match the schedules of the first team, but if I ever crossed paths with them there was no problem. I had the opportunity to talk with a partner, everyone told me, both physicists and club workers, that they missed me, because I am a very sociable and friendly person, because of my way of being, and it is a pride to be told this. I had the opportunity to greet the coach who told me he was following the matches of Arsenal and it was a pride. “
Arteta's words that he has to get fit. “Mikel He is going to be a great coach. He has learned from Pep, he has a game philosophy with which I think he fits perfectly, in what he asks for his team. Yes, it is true that he has arrived in a difficult situation for the club, but mentally he is a coach that I think is what he needs right now. Arsenal. Since I came back I have been working with him just two weeks and now is when I have to show him that I am fit to play in the Arsenal. After the break I will be important.
The current moment of the season. “We have a small break in the Premier. We're 13 days from the end, We are alive. The Premier It is a competition in which if you win three games in a row you can get on top. We're 10 points from the Champions and it is a good time to row the whole team in the same direction and achieve the goals of the season. Personally, I have just returned from a very serious injury, it is the first one I have since I was a professional. It affected my tendon and the doctors told me it was not common and that I had to be quite careful. I have been taking it very slowly because I was afraid of relapse. Practically two-three weeks ago I am fairly well, now I have to catch up, compete and return to my best level. ”