Dani Ceballos

[Tir Na Nog]

I've not seen a single link suggesting we're looking to bring him back, yet people are so certain we are?

 

[balthazar]

You want one of them to turn out to be a bellend?

My money is on Matt Smith.

say what you like, but Fabregas was brilliant at 20 and wish we had another one for this team playing through balls to Auba.
If he gave us 7 seasons and then effed off to Real Madrid, I would still gladly take him.

 

[balthazar]

Well AMN is on the way out & Matt Smith is out on loan.

Didn't realize Matt Smith was going on loan. As for AMN he always saw himself as a primarily a midfielder so if we fail to get Aouar, Ceballos, Partey, and lose Torreira to Seria A, then we should keep AMN and see how he does in midfield. Rather play him than El Sideways.

 

[say yes]

Bring him home ffs

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Hes proper twerking for us on twitter lmao

 

[say yes]

Hes proper twerking for us on twitter lmao

Any updates from your Al Jazeera connection?

 

[North5]

Sad but we get Aouar and Partey, I wouldn't worry too much.

If we can't get Ceballos then....

 

[AbouCuéllar]

Confident he's coming back.

 

[Sammy1887]

Any updates from your Al Jazeera connection?

@OnlyOne works for Al Jazeera?

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

we should have put option to buy for 20M euros when we loan him first time could have made things easier for us. Can see why Real madrid want to negotiate for higher offer.

 

[karquosa]

we should have put option to buy for 20M euros when we loan him first time could have made things easier for us. Can see why Real madrid want to negotiate for higher offer.

When Dani joined us on loan he had just captained the Spanish team to victory at the 2019 U-21 Euros. By every account, we very much wanted an option to buy at a higher price-point but Real was not interested in including any such sort of clause in the loan agreement. Reasonable given his performances in that tournament

 

[lufere7]

we should have put option to buy for 20M euros when we loan him first time could have made things easier for us. Can see why Real madrid want to negotiate for higher offer.

We would have been laughed out of the meeting if we suggested a 20M buy option last summer. In this market maybe, I'd even take an obligation, but I'm pretty sure last summer Real would've asked for 50m+ to even consider a release clause.

 

[roz]

He’s quality, if he was our player I wouldnt be happy with anything less than 40

 

[Steev10]

we should have put option to buy for 20M euros when we loan him first time could have made things easier for us. Can see why Real madrid want to negotiate for higher offer.

They would never have agreed to a €20m option last year. The talk was €40m, at least with Covid, his price this year is potentially achievable.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

20m euros was reasonable for guy like Ceballos he not wanted by real madrid and he still not wanted

 

[yorch44]

I would be happy with a midfield of Ceballos - Partey and a Cam in front of them. Then having Xhaka and Elneny as squad options. I would say Willock but it's clearly that Arteta doesn't want him in the middle. He is even playing him as CF

 

[African Flair]

20m euros was reasonable for guy like Ceballos he not wanted by real madrid and he still not wanted

It wasnt really and they certainly had nothing to gain from letting him go for that amount. People forget that he was one of Spains brightest at u21 level who just had made the jump to senior level. With that profile you don't get discarded for not making a team that won three straight CLs.

 

[Gooner416]

Deal is dead now because Raul left... shame.

 

[akhil]

Kovacic went for 40m euros a year after his load at Chelsea. They're probably looking at a similar fee for him

 

[lomekian]

20m euros was reasonable for guy like Ceballos he not wanted by real madrid and he still not wanted

Repetition doesn't create truth ;-) Fact is, Madrid (quite rightly) didn't want to sell him for such a low fee. Their need to raise cash was not particularly great, and if he'd played the whole season like he did the last 6 weeks for us, he'd easily be a £40-50m player. Also, given Zidane walked after winning the CL, they aren't going to base their whole strategy on Zidane not being sold on a player, when they have two first choice midfielders who are not getting any younger. They don't want to make the same mistakes as Barca. Covid may make the price more reasonable for us now, but we'd want £30m+ for him, so why wouldn't they?