Santi Cazorla wants Arsenal return as he bids to join Mikel Arteta’s coaching team for rebuild
ARSENAL cult hero Santi Cazorla has stressed his desire to return to Arsenal in a coaching role alongside Mikel Arteta.
The 35-year-old - who was released by the North Londoners in 2018 after his injury hell - played alongside the Gunners gaffer for four seasons.
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Cazorla, now back in Spain with Villarreal, insisted after Arteta replaced axed Unai Emery that his firmer team-mate has everything he needs to succeed at Arsenal.
And the two-time FA Cup winner now admits he longs to go back to the Emirates once he retires from playing.
He told via the Metro: "I don’t know what my legacy is [at Arsenal].
"You have to ask the fans, but I want to thank everyone.
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"I don’t know what I will do next, maybe a coach, maybe a sports director, but I would like to come back."
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic halting football, Cazorla had won back his place in the Spanish national team and was set be named in their Euro 2020 squad.
But with the tournament pushed back a year, the ex-Malaga maestro - who spent six years with Arsenal from 2012 - has conceded it is now unlikely he will play in another major tournament again on the international stage.
The Euro 2012 winner said: "It is a bit frustrating because I had the dream of going to the European Championship.
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"I am aware that I am already 35 years old and that it is more difficult every day to be in a group as good as the Spanish team.
"It has been delayed a year and I am aware that it is much more complicated for me.
"I was enjoying it a lot and I hope to continue doing it, if the competition resumes, until the end of the season. Next year I will decide and see what my body asks of me."