{"id":600684,"date":"2021-08-31T04:49:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T08:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=600684"},"modified":"2021-08-31T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:33:23","slug":"hector-bellerin-real-betis-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/hector-bellerin-real-betis-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Betis Complete Signing of Hector Bellerin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Betis have completed the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/ainsley-maitland-niles-arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> right-back Hector Bellerin on a season-long loan. The news comes as little surprise considering the Spaniard\u2019s clear desire to leave the north London club, with a return to his homeland the best possible destination.<\/p>\n<h2>Real Betis Reach Agreement to Sign Hector Bellerin<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\ud83d\udc9a\ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\udc9a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YM3OqmO26a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YM3OqmO26a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real Betis Balompi\u00e9 (@RealBetis_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBetis_en\/status\/1432814201379168259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A Poor Season Ahead?<\/h3>\n<p>If Arsenal head into the rest of the Premier League campaign with their current squad, then it\u2019s going to be filled with an increasing amount of misery. It\u2019s simply not good enough to earn a European place, as proven so far this season. Arteta will be well aware, however, that if the Gunners do not sell, they will not buy.<\/p>\n<p>Given the fact that they\u2019ve already spent the most money in the Premier League, too, perhaps throwing even more money at the situation isn\u2019t the best idea, especially if it\u2019s panic buying on deadline day.<\/p>\n<p>The focus should have been on replicating deals like the one that has taken Hector Bellerin to Real Betis. The full-back will return to Spain, joining the likes of Nabil Fekir, where he\u2019ll hope to mount an unexpected European push. The competition for those European places is certainly filled to the brim, but with the growing ability within the Betis squad, they are more than capable of pulling off the greatest of shocks.<\/p>\n<p>Bellerin\u2019s experience should come in handy, too, having spent so much time in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"Fj-wUiFAQfZJsRwifW_V2g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1333206598\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Fj-wUiFAQfZJsRwifW_V2g',sig:'4iKbmy6TJwsFik1rXGSQr-bBfniqczdmzZOsFu4-WDA=',w:'594px',h:'425px',items:'1333206598',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Betis have completed the signing of Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin on a season-long loan. The news comes as little surprise considering the Spaniard\u2019s clear desire to leave the north London club, with a return to his homeland the best possible destination. Real Betis Reach Agreement to Sign Hector Bellerin &nbsp; \ud83d\udc9a\ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\udc9a pic.twitter.com\/YM3OqmO26a \u2014 Real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":600691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,3,28],"tags":[2660],"class_list":["post-600684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-la-liga","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-hector-bellerin"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}