Carlos Vela is ready to ‘fight’ Arsene Wenger to allow him to leave Arsenal in the summer.
Spanish newspaper Marca claims the Mexican does not want to return to the north London club when his loan spell with Real Sociedad expires.
As we all know, Vela has struggled to establish himself at Arsenal for the past three seasons or so, prompting the 23-year-old to seal several loan deals away from the club, the latest being with Sociedad.
But having enjoyed his time with the La Liga outfit, scoring 11 goals in 31 appearances so far this season, it appears Vela is ready to quit the Gunners altogether this summer, but not necessarily for Sociedad.
He told Marca:
‘If you ask me if I’m right here, I reply that ‘I am very well and very happy’ but if you ask me if I’m staying, I will say ‘that may or may not be the case.’
‘Wenger has the final decision. If you say that I will be sold, we will look for options. If you say that I will stay, I will fight with him to let me go, because my intention is not to return.’
He added:
‘What I want is the team to be safe from relegation as soon as possible and we can finish as high as possible in qualifying.
‘But on a personal level, the truth is I’m having a very good time. In this season I have scored the most goals and I’m getting it for the work I’m putting in, from the help of my peers and from being happy in my day to day life. There are some very good factors here and that makes you think about wanting to stay.’
As much as I like Vela and rate him as a player, it’s evidently clear that he doesn’t see a future for himself at Arsenal.
Some fans may read his latest statement and think ‘you ungrateful little…..’, but do you really blame him for wanting to leave?
He has been with Arsenal for the past seven year and has only managed to make 62 appearances for the club. Granted, there were some work permit issues at the start and he has suffered a few injuries in his time, but a player of his calibre should have racked up more than 62 appearances for our club.
Prior to his recent loan to Sociedad, Vela was loaned out to Salamanca, Osasuna and West Brom. No wonder he is vying for a move away from the club.
I’m not saying he deserves to play week in and week out for Arsenal, but he is certainly better than some of our current crop, yet they get a chance in the line-up.
The fact remains that he has never been given a real chance by Wenger and this is a shame, especially considering the Mexican is a very talented player who can only get better with time.
Wenger could try and persuade him to stay for another season, hopefully he does. However, I don’t think Vela will have none of it and I for one would not be bitter towards Vela if he was to leave this summer due to the reasons mentioned above.
Should Wenger ‘fight’ to keep Vela at Arsenal, or should he allow the Mexican forward to leave with his blessing?
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How could anyone see him as being ungrateful? What has arsenal given to be particularly grateful for? He was never given a chance, despite showing great promise, while clearly lesser players were allowed all the match-time in the world. I’m thinking mainly of Bendtner, denilson and walcott (who was miles behind vela 3 years ago), but I don’t even think vela would have done worse than Arshavin over the last couple of seasons.
He’s now starting to show what he can do with regular football and confidence. Good for him.
did you hear him say he wants to leave arsenal? or you just wish him to leave so he can make way for prince pod?
i think you should leave that decision to arsene wenger. just like our other young player he went on loan to mature and we will see him here in july.i am sure he wouldn’t mind another chance as long as he’s not behind chamakh and bendtner.
Vela’s a party animal first, footballer second. He’s screwed with both Arsenal and the Mexican national team. His twin, Giovanni Dos Santos, has received the same treatment at Spurs for the same reasons. Another talented footballer whose maturity doesn’t match his athletic talent.
Couldn’t the same be said of Bendtner?
Certainly. Both still act like spoiled teens at times.
Personaly, i would say, you can not be ungratefu to a coach who trains you every day and sent you on loan given what we all saw. Vela will only do well if he seeks wenger’s opinion on his chances. In any case, the decision wheather he leave or stay reside with Arsene. Ask Hleb, Flamini, Reyes et-al
I WOULD NOT BLAME VELA ONE BIT. I THINK HE HAS BEEN TREATED VERY POORLY – VELA IS 10 TIMES BETTER THAN WALCOTT, YET WENGER SENDS VELA ON LOAN AND KEEPS THAT IDIOT WALCOTT HERE. NOW YOU TELL ME WHICH OF THOSE 2 PLAYERS NEED DEVELOPING? I WOULD BE VERY SAD TO SEE HIM GO. I STILL REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE FANTASTIC GOALS HE SCORED FOR ARSENAL. IF WENGER HAD ANY GUTS HE WOULD GET RID OF WALCOTT AND BRING BACK VELA
Ithink he made good decision
Given that four a half of his seven years at the club were spent on loan, 62 appearances isn’t so few…
What did he make of the few chances he had?
He should have left long ago. After his 50th loaning he should have seen that Arsene just does not see him as a part of the Arsenal plan. Is he a good player? Well he’s certainly better in La Liga than he is in the EPL and that’s where he should have stayed after Salamanca. He’s never really impressed me too much. Personally I don’t see what people who “rate” him see in him. He’s on the floor half the time he’s playing for us – the league just doesn’t suit him. It’s best if he and Arsenal mutually part ways.
G. Mann, you may not like him as a player, but Walcott is not an idiot, and you have no reason to call him that. You need to have a little more respect for people. Perhaps he is more intelligent than you.