‘I love the club and the people, so we will see in the future…’ 😮😮
Would you like to see this former Arsenal star back at the club? 🤔
‘I became a cult hero under Arsene Wenger – now I want to return to Arsenal’
Now playing in the Spanish second division for his boyhood club Real Oviedo, Cazorla is winding down his career and has just half a season left on his current deal.
And the midfielder has now hinted that he would be eager to return to the Premier League club when he plots his next steps in football as a coach.
‘Yes, why not? Arsenal is my home,’ Cazorla responded when asked whether he would consider a return to the Emirates.
‘I love the club and the people, so we will see in the future.
‘I don’t know [what role I would have]. I would have to think about that but something in football for sure, because that is what I love.’
Cazorla played alongside current Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and was full of praise for his fellow countryman’s evolution as a coach.
‘I remember when I was with him to watch the games together and he’d stop the game to talk about tactics, how we have to play, and I’d say “Mikel please, I want to watch the game!”‘ Cazorla joked.
‘I think we’re lucky because I think he’s one of the best coaches in the world already.’
Before securing his return to Villareal when he left Arsenal in 2018, there had been speculation at the time that he would instead retire and form part of Arteta’s new backroom staff.
And Arteta has made no secret of his desire to add Cazorla to his coaching staff at Arsenal.
‘Depending on the role. You know my sympathy for Santi,’ the Arsenal boss said in April earlier this year. ‘We used to get on really, really well.
‘I think he had an unbelievable energy that, as a coaching staff to have someone like that, that can trust with his knowledge, but his energy as well to the team. I think it’s going to be valid.’
