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Unai Emery Praises Dani Ceballos Ahead of Reported Arsenal Loan Move

Unai Emery has said Real Madrid's Dani Ceballos is "a very good player" and hailed his versatility ahead of his reported loan move to Arsenal.

According to BBC Sport's David Ornstein, the Gunners have reached an agreement to sign Ceballos, who was also linked to Tottenham Hotspur, for the 2019-20 campaign.

The Real midfielder played a key role for Spain earlier this summer as they won the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Ceballos was playing at Real Betis when Emery was in charge of Sevilla between 2013 and 2016, and the Gunners boss said he has been impressed with the 22-year-old, per Reuters (h/t ESPN FC):

"We are speaking about the possibility to sign one player.