Arsenal 'refuse to cancel Hector Bellerin's contract to allow him to sign for Real Betis'... with the Spaniard so desperate to re-join his boyhood club after a successful loan spell that he is 'willing to reduce his salary by more than half'

Arsenal are reportedly refusing to release Hector Bellerin from his contract to allow him to sign for Real Betis.

The 27-year-old has spent the season on loan at the Spanish club, who his whole family are die-hard supporters of.

Betis and Bellerin had hoped that a deal could be struck with Arsenal to make the move permanent on a free transfer this summer, as the full-back only has one year left on his contract in North London.

But according to Estadio Deportivo, the Gunners are unwilling to let Bellerin leave for nothing.