Arsenal expected to 'yield' before deadline despite transfer talks due to agent stall

Arsenal look set to yield to demands for Hector Bellerin before the end of the summer transfer window.

The right-back spent last season on loan at his Real Betis team, helping the Spanish club win the Copa del Rey. He seems eager to return to the Sevilla-based team, buthis contract situationin north London remains a problem.

Bellerin has 12 months left on his contract, but Betis has yet to make an offer the Gunners are happy to accept. Negotiations with the player's agent have reportedly not been entirely fruitful, but there are suggestions that Arsenal's resistance may still be broken in the final weeks of the window.

"A player who has contractual obligations with us is and will be considered our player either way, so whether the possibility exists, And all plans will be considered for how they fit into our team," he explained last month," manager Mikel Arteta said earlier in the summer. Offloading several team members, Bernd Leno and Lucas Torreira recently left. And according to El Desmarquein recent talks with the right-back's agent, the representative returned to Spain without a definitive solution.

The same publication said: It suggests that Bellerin "understands that ending [his contract] would be the ideal solution". may have to wait until near the end of the window to close the deal across the line.

Bellerin has been on the Arsenal record since he was a teenager, making over 200 appearances for the club. The 27-year-old was impressive in Spain last season, but Betis' financial situation complicated things and Bellerin joined Arsenal's pre-season programme.

This is not the first time a club has taken such an approach when a defender is sent off for free. In fact, his director of technical he Edu recently confided in the need to offload squad members for free when needed.

"I know it hurts. It's weird to go to a board and say, 'Sometimes it's better to pay a player to leave than to keep him.'" the Brazilian player told The Athletic.. "But I think of it as an investment.

"Sometimes people say 'expensive.' I say, 'No, it's an investment.' But if I sell it, will someone pay for it? No, folks - if a player is he's 26 or he's over 27 and he's not performing, he doesn't stand a chance with a high salary. "

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