Arsenal face battle to keep Hector Bellerin as Sevilla and Atletico Madrid join Inter Milan in transfer race
ARSENAL face a growing battle to keep Hector Bellerin after Sevilla and Atletico Madrid joined Inter Milan in the race for the Spain right-back. Just weeks after Bellerin put himself forward to become the Gunners’ next long-term skipper, European giants are queuing up for the 25-year-old. Reports in Italy suggest the ex-Barcelona youth star is […]
ARSENAL face a growing battle to keep Hector Bellerin after Sevilla and Atletico Madrid joined Inter Milan in the race for the Spain right-back.
Just weeks after Bellerin put himself forward to become the Gunners’ next long-term skipper, European giants are queuing up for the 25-year-old.
Reports in Italy suggest the ex-Barcelona youth star is interested in returning to his native country after seven years at the Emirates.
And in Serie A Inter’s ex-Chelsea chief Antonio Conte wants back-up for Antonio Candreva, 33, as he is unsure if he can make Victor Moses’ loan deal from his old club permanent.
Yet only last month Bellerin told of his pride and ambition at being rated a potential Emirates captain, especially if much-wanted striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang departed.
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Having already stood in when the Gabon legend was sidelined, he said: “I enjoy positions of responsibility and I enjoy being the first one on that wall.
“For me, I have been speaking to the coach for a few months and he was telling me that I could be one of the people that could represent the team.
“I was really happy with it because I’m someone who’s been here for a long time and I know how the club runs.
“People may not see as this massive guy who shouts on the pitch all the time or what people may have as a captain in their heads.
“But there are so many different ways of leading a team.”
But amid the coronavirus lockdown, Bellerin has also offered accidental light relief with some tactical misjudgements… in the field of fashion.
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He donned an eye-catching but jaw-dropping BoHo oufit to get tongues wagging but WAGS running (away) on Instagram.
Bellerin hoped his stand-out statement would create attention for the Paris catwalks once this pandemic ends.
But even if he is mustard on the pitch, that’s no excuse to wear strange trousers in that colour off it.