Arsenal have had a loan offer turned down by Real Madrid for midfielder Dani Ceballos, according to reports in the Spanish media.
The Gunners are said to be unwilling to pay the same €4m fee they paid to take the 24-year-old on a season-long loan last summer, while they are also now only prepared to pay half his wages.
As a result, Real have decided that Ceballos will start preseason with them, and they will be open to offers from other clubs to sell him on a permanent basis. Fans on Twitter have called on Arsenal to make an improved bid for the player:
ahh please just get it done
— skop ?? (@skop00) August 12, 2020
I want him back tbh man
— Bilaal sees you are PENG so he (@Bilaal_Teebash) August 12, 2020
If we don’t pay what they want, he’s off to Betis
— Pranav (@pranav_268) August 12, 2020
Seems like they want a permanent deal
— Khory (@denchrasta) August 12, 2020
Sounds like it’s part of negotiating tactics to up his value
— Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT (@3cbPerformance) August 12, 2020
It’s part negotiation. We might go back with another offer. Maybe with our interest in Partey, Cebellos will not get much 1st team football thus why we are only willing to pay half his wages
— Enghan How (@enghan_how) August 12, 2020
sell guendozi and sign ceballos soon
— omer (@omer217) August 12, 2020
@Arsenal just buy the guy KSE need to cough up now seriously! Starting to get ridiculous all this scrimping and scraping and taking retired rejects from our rivals.
— Dean Ryan (@DRF_789) August 12, 2020
Free Dani
— PepeSauce (@Ep0Elite) August 12, 2020
Arsenal certainly seem to be working on a tight budget this summer, and it appears that negotiations for Ceballos could be long and drawn out, going by Real’s stance on their opening offer.
With the club focused on trying to sign Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey, raising the funds to keep Ceballos as well looks like it will be a big challenge.
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