Santi Cazorla heading for Arsenal exit as Villarreal confirm offer

Published 20/05/2018 at 09:48 GMT

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.

Santi Cazorla, Arsenal

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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.

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The news was confirmed by Cazorla’s former team-mate at the Yellow Submarine, Marcos Senna.

I would love to confirm it [a permanent transfer. But at the moment what I've said is that there are advanced negotiations between Santi Cazorla and Villarreal for the player to spend pre-season with the club.

"Cazorla will be a free agent."

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