Arteta: “Ceballos's intention was to stay at Arsenal”

Mikel Arteta, coach of Arsenal, does not hesitate to admit that he would like recover Dani Ceballos this season. The coach found a diamond in the rough in the Utreran for the final stretch of the campaign, becoming the hub of gunners, in an indisputable piece during the path that led Arsenal to lift the FA Cup and leave City (semifinals) and Chelsea (final) on the way. He left Madrid because he needed minutes and in England he had begun to smile, but a turn of the steering wheel from Madrid has made him return to the capital of Spain earlier than expected.

He will do the preseason in white, but that does not mean that his future is still unknown. And Arsenal does not rule out recovering him. About that possibility, that of bringing Ceballos back, Arteta said: “From time to time we talk and he knows what a good impression I have of him. He made it quite clear to me that his intention was to stay with us, but obviously Real Madrid is involved and I still don't know what they want. He is a player that obviously interests us. because, as we saw in the last months of the season, he is capable of contributing a lot “.

The Andalusian, for his part, is still waiting for events. He Real Madrid signed him in 2017 with the idea that in the future he would become the Modric natural replacement and hope is not lost. He, meanwhile, works and is silent, although from England they cling to details such as publications on social networks to dream of his return. “See you soon,” he told Willock, Arsenal midfielder.

Ceballos dreams of playing for Madrid, but he knows that first of all you need minutes. You cannot spend a season in the background again (2017-18, for example, only played 899 'among all competitions) and even less being the Eurocup on the horizon. His career now runs into a two-way highway: at Arsenal had found happiness, but now he Madrid He holds out his hand again. Arteta, of course, is very clear.