Santi Cazorla heading for Arsenal exit as Villarreal confirm offer
By Tom Adams
Published 20/05/2018 at 11:48 GMT+1
Villarreal are in “advanced negotiations” to bring Santi Cazorla back to his former club for pre-season training – seemingly ruling out any chance that he will stay on at Arsenal this summer.
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Cazorla, 33, has not played for Arsenal since suffering an injury in October 2016 but there had been suggestions he was nearing fitness – or that incoming manager Mikel Arteta might appoint his former team-mate as a player-coach.
But the playmaker looks likely to rejoin the Spanish club he represented between 2007-11 in an attempt to prove his fitness and earn a new contract with his Arsenal deal set to expire.
The news was confirmed by Cazorla’s former team-mate at the Yellow Submarine, Marcos Senna.
"Cazorla will be a free agent."
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