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title: "Arsenal: Dani Ceballos deal reportedly worth £15m"
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author: "Stephan Georgiou"
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published: "2019-07-27T18:15:52Z"
modified: "2019-07-27T18:15:52Z"
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# Arsenal: Dani Ceballos deal reportedly worth £15m

**Arsenal’s deal to bring [Dani Ceballos](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49117667) to the Emirates Stadium for the upcoming campaign has cost the club a total of £15m, according to reports.**

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[The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9584251/dani-ceballos-arsenal-real-madrid-15m-loan/) claims that the deal includes a loan fee on top of paying the Spaniard’s wages – of which [The Daily Star](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/794196/Arsenal-transfer-news-Dani-Ceballos-William-Saliba) says amount to £60,000 per week – or just over £3m per year, leaving a remaining sum of £12m.

And with the agreement said not to include an obligation to buy the 22-year-old upon completion of the loan, it may seem that Arsenal are paying a rather high amount for temporary gains when taking their [financial resources](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48278922) into account.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

According to [The Daily Star](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/794196/Arsenal-transfer-news-Dani-Ceballos-William-Saliba), Real Madrid have decided not to pay anything towards the youngster’s wages – leaving the Gunners to foot the bill.

The Gunners have just splashed a reported £27m on [William Saliba](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11770436/arsenal-sign-william-saliba-from-saint-etienne-on-long-term-deal) from Saint-Etienne – and an extra £12m in transfer fees would take them to the very limit of their budget, though they have already spent around £6m on young forward [Gabriel Martinelli](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-arsenal/transfers/verein/11/saison_id/2019).

At the other end of the spectrum, the Gunners have only seen goalkeeper [David Ospina](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48876123) leave for a fee, though Serie A side Napoli have only stumped up just over [£3m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-arsenal/transfers/verein/11/saison_id/2019) for the privilege of making the Colombian’s loan move permanent.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

One way or another, the figures don’t seem to be adding up at Arsenal. Either way, if the true price of making Ceballos a Gunners player is as weighty as has been reported – suddenly the merits of the Spaniard’s arrival on loan could take some convincing with the club thought to be [strapped for cash](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48278922) this summer.

Rated at £27m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dani-ceballos/marktwertverlauf/spieler/319745), Ceballos may still be capable of delivering at a level worthy enough of being labelled a bargain come the end of the season, but with the midfielder [expected to return](https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/futbol/2019-07-18/ceballos-arsenal-real-madrid-lo-celso-eriksen-tottenham_2130811/) to the Bernabeu at that point whatever happens, there is a risk that Arsenal’s reported outlay on the Spaniard could be wasted if he fails to help achieve the target of reaching the [Champions League](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9569262/emery-arsenal-title-race-boss-warns-fans-realistic/).

***Arsenal fans, what are your thoughts on the Ceballos deal? Let us know in the comment section below!***