Arsenal star Hector Bellerin admits Barcelona interest is ‘great’ and reveals family have already moved back to Spain
Spanish right-back is one of the La Liga club's major summer targets as they rebuild their squad
HECTOR BELLERIN has sparked fears he will leave Arsenal after admitting interest from Barcelona 'is great'.
The Spanish right-back has been linked with a move back to his boyhood club ever since breaking into the Gunners first-team two seasons ago.
And now it seems Bellerin could be on his way to the Nou Camp after revealing he is flattered by the interest - and his family have already moved back to Catalonia.
Bellerin told : "You never know what can happen, but I have a contract and when I finish my holidays after the Euros I will have to go back there.
"The truth is that every player of a top level wants to play in the Champions League, especially when I've been playing in it for two years.
"As a team, we didn't achieve qualification and it's something that we want to correct, but as a player, I repeat: it's an important competition.
"It's a great thing to know about the interest of a club like Barca, the club where I grew up. I don't know anything at the moment. I'm an Arsenal player and we'll see what happens.
"It's always been very good in London, my family settled there with me, although now, for family reasons, they have had to return to Barcelona.
"I have a tougher time now because I'm a family person, I depend on them a lot, and it'll be a new challenge to be without them.
"I haven't talked to anyone. I haven't talked to the club.
"I know a lot of things are being talked about but as a player, the club haven't told me anything, there has still not been any contact.
"A lot can happen this summer."
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Arsene Wenger gave Bellerin his first start for the Gunners and the two are thought to have a good relationship.
And after the Frenchman signed a new two-year deal, it was hoped he would be able to keep Bellerin at the club.
But Bellerin has also stated Wenger and his new contract has no bearing on where he will end up next season.
Bellerin added: "We didn't know how it was going to end up.
"He decided to renew but I'm tied to Arsenal; the fact that he is renewing doesn't change things much.
"I'd have been happy to stay with any other coach because I have a contract.
"It's been a difficult season, in terms of the team and on a personal level.
"There has been a lot of pressure as a club because Arsenal is a team of a high level and with a lot of demands.
"It's been tough, but you learn a lot from these experiences.
"It's something that will help me a lot in the rest of my career.
"In the end we were able to win the FA Cup, an important trophy for us, and we finished the season well.
"There was a change of system. I talked to the coach and he explained to me that, with this new system, he preferred to play with a different type of player.
"As a footballer, you have to take it and work hard in order to change opinion."