Mikel Arteta reveals discussion with Dani Ceballos amid Real Betis interest

Dani Ceballos reportedly wants a move to Real Betis, despite Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta believing he wants to stay at the Emirates.

The midfielder, who spent last season at the Emirates on loan at Real Madrid, has recently returned to Spain, but is clearly still following events at Arsenal closely.

Just minutes after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang converted the decisive penalty in the shootout, Ceballos shared a video of his reaction to the victory while watching the game on a laptop.

Despite the 24-year-old reportedly telling his parent club that he’d like to join Real Betis, Arteta believes that he’d rather stay with the North London outfit.

He said: “Well, we have had some talks and Dani knows really well what I think about him.

“He was pretty clear with me as well that his intention was to remain with us, but obviously Real Madrid is involved and I don’t know yet what they want to do with the player.

“But he’s a player that we are interested in because we really saw, in the last few months of the season, what he is capable of bringing to us.”