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Extending Ceballos' loan with a guarantee to buy him next season would be a brilliant move, and it would work for all parties.
We'll save money this summer and this will allow us to buy Partey. Our starting midfield three will be Xhaka, Partey, and Ceballos, and that will be quality.
Also, our backups would be Torreira, AMN, Willock, and ESR. I think our young players are ready to step up next season. The money we get from selling Douzi can go towards buying Partey and/or another CB.
In an ideal world, Arteta would also be able to convince Santi to join us on a free instead of going to play in Qatar. Give him a season or two as a player before he joins Arteta on the coaching staff. Santi just finished arguably his best ever season in Spain, so he would definitely be a valuable addition to the squad. I don't just want Santi back because it would be ideal for him to finish his career at Arsenal, but also because he would definitely improve our squad.
Santi would be the perfect mentor for Ceballos and all of our young midfielders coming through.
My dad Graham thinks Ceballos would find it hard to turn down Betis.
Sounds nice and all but Santi’s body can’t handle this league anymore. One good kick is probably all it would take. And he’ll have to deal with plenty of those. In Spain the refs make much more of an effort to protect players from getting kicked. And thats not to mention everyone over there practically reveres Santi.
iNcReASiNgLy cOnFiDeNt.
Three seasons ago, Santi's body allegedly wasn't capable of even running, let alone play professional football again. I didn't expect Santi to have as good of a season as he has had at Villareal.
At his age, the logical assumption would be for him to go play in some nothing league and try for a major paycheck, but I think Santi might be able to contribute more than that.
If he came to Arsenal, I would not expect him to be a regular starter. I could see him getting a lot of minutes in the Europa League if we qualify, and be a valuable sub in the EPL and cup competitions.
It would be a bit like Per's last season, but more productive. He still has the ability to have a couple of man of the match performances. Would be the perfect way to end his career.
50m is too much for guy they don't want. And he not 50m player.
Madrid are not stupid, they use their journos at AS and Marca to put this kind of information out. I still don't see how Dani is going to get into Madrid's midfield, Valverde has won his spot and Casemiro is an important piece under Zidane. It would take a Kroos departure I suppose. They will try to up the price but the reality is at his age and with there being little way back for him under Zidane I think we should be able to negotiate something for £20-30m. But Madrid will be well aware of his recent form and there will be many more articles like this from the Madrid press in a hope of negotiating the highest price tag possible.
Not to mention Ødegaard, Isco, Modric if he is staying... aren't they also supposed to buy to young midfield hotshots as well? Ceballos would probably to quite low down the pecking order.