HECTOR BELLERIN has announced that he has NO intentions to return to Arsenal after his loan with Real Betis ends.
The 26-year-old right-back signed a full season loan deal with his youth club on the cut-off date after the Gunners brought in Takehiro Tomiyasu.
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Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin joined Real Betis on loan in AugustPhoto credit: Getty
Bellerin had fallen out of favor under Mikel Arteta after losing his starting XI to Calum Chambers at the end of last season.
And he didn’t play in any of Arsenal’s first three Premier League games before being sent back to his native Spain.
His time in LaLiga got off to a good start, with the player playing four times out of five.
Betis have won twice from the games Bellerin participated in, while they only lost once as they occupy tenth place on the table.
And the former Watford borrower has insisted that he intends to stay with Betis beyond next summer instead of returning to England where he has another year under contract.
In an interview with El Desmarque, Bellerin was asked where he saw himself playing in June.
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He said: “I don’t know, but I always said that if I didn’t want to be here next season, I wouldn’t have come from the start.
“There are a lot of things that have to be decided, but I want to enjoy this season that I’m here. And what has to happen will happen. “
It has been reported that Bellerin took a pay cut to force a move to the Estadio Benito Villamarin.
When asked about this, he said: “Money is important because it’s our job. But I think that in football the love of sport and the club is lost.”
“And for me, having understood and having understood this feeling since childhood, there are things that you put first.
“The last year and a half has made us rethink a lot.
“It was an effort for me and everyone to perform the operation, and not just from a financial point of view.
“Also, how much it cost us to come here. In the end, these efforts paid off and I had other priorities in my decision.”
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