Ex-Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla to spend pre-season with Villarreal in bed to regain fitness

Sport360 staff 09:26 06/06/2018
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  • Santi Cazorla hasn't played since 2016.

    Santi Cazorla will spend pre-season with former club Villarreal in a bid to regain full fitness following his Achilles operation, the La Liga outfit have announced.

    The 33-year-old former Spain international is a free agent after leaving Arsenal at the end of last season.

    Cazorla came up through the youth ranks at Villarreal and made 241 first-team appearances for the club before moving to Malaga in 2011, and then onto the Gunners a year later.

    A Villarreal statement read: “Santi Cazorla returns home.

    “The Asturian player will take part in pre-season with the Villarreal first team (July 9) with the objective of recovering from an Achilles tendon operation in his right leg, which he had last November 28.”

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