Lo Celso admits Spurs found the negotiations with Villarreal to be difficult
Giovani Lo Celso has revealed that the negotiations over his return to Villarreal were not easy either for the La Liga club or Tottenham.
After months of speculation over his future, Lo Celso finally sealed a loan move to Villarreal on Sunday. The Argentine thrived during his spell with Unai Emery’s side during the second half of last season and will be hoping his return to El Madrigal proves just as successful.
According to Football.London, the 26-year-old’s loan switch contains a break clause for Spurs to end the loan in January if they receive a bid from someone in that window and the player agrees to the move.
Apart from Villarreal, the likes of Fiorentina (Sky Sport Italia) and Lazio (Corriere dello Sport) were also credited with an interest in Lo Celso this summer.
The Daily Mail even claimed last week that Tottenham had been ‘frustrated’ by their inability to offload the likes of Lo Celso as some players were ‘hesitant’ to commit to certain moves.
Lo Celso has now admitted that he made up his mind about a return to Villarreal when he left at the end of last season, and that negotiations proved quite challenging at times for both clubs.
The former Real Betis man said in his first interview with Villarreal’s official website: “I’m very happy to be here again. It was a bit of a long wait, but it was worth it.
“I left with the clear idea that I wanted to come back because it’s a club that I like for its philosophy, for the objectives it sets itself and for the way I was welcomed from the first day, making me feel as if I had been here for a long time.
“It was a long negotiation, but I am grateful for the trust, patience, support and effort that the club made for a long time. It was not an easy thing for either side.
“Personally, I was always hopeful and focused on being as physically fit as possible to be ready when the time came.”
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Spurs would have likely been able to offload Lo Celso some time ago and would have got a better deal if the midfielder was open to moving to the Serie A.
His desire to return to El Madrigal appears to have complicated things for the North London club. One can understand why Lo Celso pushed to return to familiar surroundings ahead of the World Cup in November.
The World Cup has quite clearly complicated matters when it comes to player sales as even the likes of Winks and Reguilon will be carefully considering their next move to give themselves a shot of making the England and Spain squads respectively.
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