Dani Ceballos has admitted that he has his heart set on a return to Real Betis one day

The midfielder went through the academy at Los Verdiblancos and has been linked with a return to his boyhood club this summer.

Ceballos has been linked with a return to Betis this summer

Dani Ceballos has admitted that he has his heart set on a return to Real Betis one day. The midfielder went through the academy at Los Verdiblancos and has been linked with a return to his boyhood club this summer. The Spaniard has just come to the end of a second season on loan at Arsenal, returning to Real Madrid in the summer. He is currently back in Seville for the holidays. “It has been four years since I left Betis, and I have felt the warmth of the people of Seville in the last three days,” Ceballos told reporters. “It’s no longer just a simple ‘Dani, how are you?’, it’s ‘Dani, will you be back? “We are waiting for you, do not leave Seville’.

Dani: ‘Real Betis is the club of my heart’

“That love makes me feel valued for what I did at the club. People know that I loved Real Betis; they know what Real Betis gave me, what I could give them. It’s clear that sooner or later, I will wear the Betis jersey again because it’s the club of my heart – the one that allowed me to become a football player, and I am confident that we will meet again. But, no, that is almost impossible”, he answered the question of whether he would think of joining Sevilla. “If there is a club in Seville where I would play, it is Real Betis.” Ceballos could find himself back in with a shout of playing regularly for Real Madrid now that Zinedine Zidane left the club. “I indeed had fewer opportunities under Zidane than I would have thought,” admitted Ceballos.

“But now Real Madrid do not have a coach. We do not know what will happen there in the next two or three weeks. Many things are being said, but now it is time to switch off a little from football, prepare for what will come, and talk and see what we want to do when Madrid will have a new coach. It’s time to decide my future. It is true that I have a deal with Real Madrid for the next two years, and I do not want to return on loan to any club.”