Real Madrid: Dani Ceballos thought about the end of his career – “He wants to go to Betis”

Return to youth club?

Real Madrid’s Dani Ceballos (25) ended what he saw as a difficult season in Paris with his second Champions League title – the midfielder was brought on by coach Carlo Ancelotti in the closing stages. A happy ending considering how poorly 2021/22 started for home-grown Betis Sevilla at the Olympics. An ankle injury that he sustained in the first game put him out of action for five months and the Real pro even considered retiring.

“Now is the moment to rest and enjoy because I have come back from an injury that almost made me quit football,” Ceballos said.El Desmarkquoted. The final against Liverpool could still have been his last appearance for the “Royal”, where he is still under contract until 2023.

“It is what it is, we know he really wants to come to Betis,” Betis sporting director Antonio Cordón toldEl Desmark“. Already in the summer of 2021, after Ceballos returned to Madrid from a two-year loan from Arsenal, he had the desire to switch to his training club – but this was not possible due to the financial situation of the Verdiblancos.

Real Madrid bought Ceballos in 2017 for €16.5m from Betis, where he became one of the best midfielders in LaLiga as a 20-year-old. As a result, he did not succeed in breaking through in one of the world’s strongest midfield centers with the “Royals” and even in two years at Arsenal he was not able to bring his full potential to the pitch on a regular basis.

According to reports, a meeting between Ceballos and the Madrilenians’ club management will promptly decide on the future of the 2019 U21 European champions. In three years at Real Madrid, he played fewer La Liga minutes (1,909) than in his last season with Betis (2,335).

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