Arsenal: “No offers” for Hector Bellerin hardly surprising

Arsenal will have to fend off interest for Hector Bellerin for as long as he stays here, but the fact that there are no offers right now is to be expected.

There was a time when losing Hector Bellerin felt like the worst possible outcome in the world. He was the hottest young player at Arsenal and to see him play anywhere else would be unbearable. As tends to happen, those expectations have simmered, and he has fallen into a bit of a rut.

Not an end of the world kind of rut, but a “coming of age with no one to challenge him” rut. Which is the worst kind, just ask Alex Iwobi.

However, the rut has gotten so bad, and the push for an exit so clear and palpable that I had come to terms with the idea of selling high on Bellerin. He just doesn’t feel as special as he once did and he isn’t as set in his North London future as he once was.

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So when rumors came in of a £40m+ sale, I was all for it. Abso-freaking-lutely. Sell high and accept that a right back can be found, because absolutely it can be. Plus, right back is not a really high-impact position anyway. You don’t need a world beater there when you can have world beaters elsewhere.

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But now, Bellerin’s agent is saying that there are no offers and that his client remains committed to the Arsenal cause without a shadow of a doubt.

Essentially, he said exactly what you’re supposed to say in the face of transfer rumors. Which is part one of why his quote isn’t surprising at all. Because of course there aren’t.

But part two of why this isn’t surprising is because, despite the transfer madness of the modern day game, paying that much money for a player that is struggling to find his form, and has been struggling all season, seems a bit wacky.

Newsflash – there are other talented right backs out there. Really, there are. Bellerin is not a unicorn. He’s a horse like all the rest of them. What made him special before was that he had speed that made him unique and upside that made him invaluable.

His speed has seemingly slipped away and his upside is now up for question as well, given his struggles and without knowing how he will overcome them, that makes Bellerin’s value plummet.

Yet he is locked in for awhile, making him a good deal more expensive to Arsenal, while not so much to other clubs. It’s a discrepancy in value. There is far more investment in this man at Arsenal than another club may be willing to compensate for in a transfer offer.

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In the end, assuming his agent isn’t just covering up a ton of offers, I wouldn’t be that surprised if there isn’t as much interest as their once was.