{"id":1183538,"date":"2022-08-19T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/barcelona-hold-meeting-to-reconsider-arsenal-transfer-proposal\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T00:00:16","slug":"barcelona-hold-meeting-to-reconsider-arsenal-transfer-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/barcelona-hold-meeting-to-reconsider-arsenal-transfer-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona hold &#8216;meeting&#8217; to reconsider Arsenal transfer proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- GH --><\/p>\n<p> Barcelona are reportedly considering a move to sign Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin. <\/p>\n<p> Bellerin has been earmarked for a transfer this summer after spending last season out on loan with Real Betis. The 27-year-old is happy to move on from the north London club and favours a move back to Seville, where he helped Betis win the Copa del Rey. <\/p>\n<p> However, Betis\u2019 financial situation means they cannot afford to pay Arsenal \u2019s asking price for Bellerin, or fit his wages into La Liga\u2019s strict financial fair play rules. While Udinese have thrown their hat into the ring, the possibility of a move back to Barcelona, where Bellerin began his career before moving to Arsenal as a 16-year-old in 2011, has also emerged. <\/p>\n<section data-embed-group=\"read-more\" data-embed-items=\"2\" data-ad-dockable=\"true\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<aside class=\"read-more-links\" data-style=\"sport\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\nEddie Nketiah hits back at Arsenal teammate \u2013 \u201cYou think you\u2019re the f***ing only one!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"read-more-links\" data-style=\"sport\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\nArsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale gets engaged to stunning flight attendant girlfriend\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p>Sport says that strengthening the right-back position is one of manager Xavi Hernandez\u2019s priorities before the summer transfer window closes and, after missing out on top target Cesar Azpilicueta, he is eyeing up Villarreal\u2019s Juan Foyth and Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Thomas Meunier. However, both players would come with price tags Barca simply cannot afford. <\/p>\n<p> Foyth has a \u20ac42million (\u00a335m) release clause, while Meunier is priced at around \u20ac15m (\u00a312m). That\u2019s where Bellerin comes into the picture as \u2018Plan B\u2019. The Spaniard is in the last year of his Gunners contract and already knows the Barca style of play, having come through La Masia academy. <\/p>\n<p> He is being considered and, with the clock ticking towards the transfer deadline on September 1, he is looking more and more attractive. Barca are trying to offload Sergino Dest to Manchester United, whose manager Erik ten Hag coached him at Ajax, and the sale will free up space for Bellerin. <\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"image--embedded\" data-orientation=\"landscape\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"27723237\" data-tmdatatrack=\"inline-widget\">\n<\/figure><figcaption class=\"image__caption--embedded\">\n<span class=\"caption\">Hector Bellerin wants to leave Arsenal this summer<\/span><br \/><span class=\"credit\"> (<br \/>Stuart MacFarlane\/Getty Images)<\/span><br \/><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p> Arsenal have been holding out for a decent transfer fee for Bellerin. But having managed to offload Pablo Mari, Bernd Leno, Lucas Torreira, Nuno Tavares, Alex Runarsson and Konstantinos Mavropanos on loan or permanent deals this summer they could \u2018give in\u2019 to Bellerin\u2019s desire, compromise and sanction a move to Spain. <\/p>\n<p>Bellerin\u2019s agent was recently in London to try and negotiate a way out of the club before the window closes. The Spanish defender was thought to be keen to terminate his contract early in order to facilitate a move elsewhere \u2013 a method Arsenal have previously admitted they would consider.<\/p>\n<p> Arsenal\u2019s technical director Edu recently explained that he would consider terminating contracts. \u201cI know it hurts, I know it\u2019s strange when I go to the board and say, \u2018Sometimes it\u2019s better to pay a player to leave, than maintain them\u2019,\u201d he told The Athletic. \u201cBut I consider it an investment. \u201cSometimes people say, \u2018It\u2019s expensive\u2019. I say, \u2018No, it\u2019s investment\u2019. But someone will pay if you sell? No, guys \u2013 if the player is above 26, 27 and not performing, big salary, no chance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Bellerin did go on Arsenal\u2019s pre-season tour of the USA and has been training with the squad. However, he has not been involved in either of the matchday squads for the wins over Crystal Palace and Leicester City, with Ben White fielded out of position at right-back in both fixtures. <\/p>\n<section data-embed-group=\"read-more\" data-embed-items=\"2\" data-ad-dockable=\"true\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\" data-istail=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"read-more__title\">Read More<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"read-more-links\" data-style=\"sport\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<p>\n<span>Oleksandr Zinchenko shows up Arsenal teammates in stunning fashion during training drill<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"read-more__title\">Read More<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"read-more-links\" data-style=\"sport\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<p>\n<span>Arsenal offer glimpse of Fabio Vieira role alongside Emile Smith Rowe<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/barcelona-transfer-news-arsenal-proposal-27779216\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211; Barcelona are reportedly considering a move to sign Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin. Bellerin has been earmarked for a transfer this summer after spending last season out on loan with Real Betis. The 27-year-old is happy to move on from the north London club and favours a move back to Seville, where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1183540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-premier-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}