Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin has ridiculed suggestions he may still look to leave the Emirates Stadium, stating he harbors no desire to play for any other club.
"It is crazy that people ask me these questions all the time," the Spaniard told the Evening Standard's Simon Collings. "A few years ago, I signed a very long-term contract. I have never said that I have wanted to be anywhere else.
"I am very happy in London. I am very happy at this club. The club have made me who I am and gave me the chance to be the footballer I am today. So, I don't want to be anywhere else."
7 years ago I was presented with this gift when signing for @Arsenal. Now I can proudly wear the Arsenal number 2! #DreamComeTrue 🙏 pic.twitter.com/oGER956fh3
— Héctor Bellerín (@HectorBellerin) July 26, 2018
Bellerin has been consistently linked with a move to the likes of former club Barcelona in recent years since establishing himself as the Gunners' first choice on the right side of defense. He left the Blaugrana at age 16 to move to North London in 2011.
The full Spain international has missed just 10 Premier League games in the last three years, and signed a new six-and-a-half-year deal in November 2016. He started the ICC preseason friendly clash with Atletico Madrid this week, and the 23-year-old clearly appears to be in new manager Unai Emery's plans for the future. He has been handed the traditional No. 2 shirt for the first time ahead of the upcoming campaign despite the signing of experienced Juventus man Stephan Lichtsteiner.
