Arsenal hold talks with Hector Bellerin’s agents over cancelling his contract after falling out of favour with Mikel Arteta… as Real Betis eye up a free transfer should the on-loan Spanish defender’s deal at the Emirates be terminated
- Arsenal have held talks with Hector Bellerin’s agent over cancelling his contract
- The 27-year-old spent last season at Real Betis where he won the Spanish Cup
- Bellerin is one of several players who could leave the club to generate funds
- Mikel Arteta is reportedly still keen on bringing in further signings this summer
Arsenal have held talks with the agents of defender Hector Bellerin over cancelling his contract, with the 27-year-old full-back keen to stay at Real Betis.
Bellerin has fallen out of favour with Mikel Arteta, despite being the club’s longest serving player, and his representatives are hoping to negotiate the cancellation of his contract at the club.
Having spent the season with the Seville outfit, Betis are eyeing up a free transfer should his deal be terminated in north London.
Hector Bellerin is keen to stay at Real Betis having spent the season on loan at the LaLiga club
With the arrival of Japanese international Takehiro Tomiyasu last summer from Fiorentina, Bellerin saw his position in the squad slip further from the starting line-up, and was duly sent out on loan with Cedric Soares providing back-up.
And the right-back flourished at Betis providing five assists in 32 games for the Spanish side in all competitions as Los Verdiblancos won the Spanish Cup.
Bellerin is one of several players thought to be on their way out of the Emirates with this summer as Arteta looks set to continue his shape up of the Gunners’ squad and remove any dead wood.
Mikel Arteta’s reign as Arsenal boss has seen a high turnover of players as he has sought to remove any deadwood from the club
Since the start of the 2020-21 season 17 players have been either sold or released, including the likes of big-money signings Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
So far this window the Gunners have sold Lucas Torreira, Matteo Guendouzi, Bernd Leno and Konstantinos Mavropanos, with Lacazette returning to boyhood club Lyon on a free transfer.
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