Arsenal: We want you too, Santi Cazorla, please come home

Arsenal and Santi Cazorla could be looking at a reunion, and seeing as how there is hardly a negative word to say about it, why not make it happen?

Arsenal‘s creative midfield situation is diminishing. It’s being replaced by wingers. That’s good. That’s more the way the modern game is going. But there is still a value in having a versatile midfielder who can patrol the center of the pitch, creative chances from front and back, and be a general threat throughout.

Mesut Ozil isn’t that guy. Dani Ceballos looked like he could have been, but his recent injury has been debilitating and he’s yet to make his return to the team. He’s been a substitute for a few matches, but he hasn’t been called on.

Now, we have more rumors linking Santi Cazorla to a reunion at the Emirates.

Ever the fan favorite, the smiling magician was sorely missed throughout his lengthy injury layoff at the club, when he almost lost his foot. In that time, he saw his contract run out and Arsenal’s hands were tied. They had to let him walk for free.

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Cazorla went to Villareal in La Liga, where he’s currently sitting on ten goals and four assists in all competitions. That’s a ridiculous tally that would shine even if cut in half at the Emirates. Mesut Ozil has zero goals and one assist. Dani Ceballos has one goal and two assists.

We aren’t getting a lot of production out of our midfielders.

Even considering that Santi Cazorla will be 35 years old, I have no question that if we give him a year or two, he will prove incredibly useful not just on the pitch, but off. In that year or two, he could reestablish what we’ve been missing in our midfield and he could serve as a trendsetter to guys like Emile Smith Rowe and Joe Willock, who need to establish themselves a bit more before they make that final push into being considered for the starting job.

I have yet to hear anything against bringing Cazorla home. The only flag is his age, and the risk of injury, but it’s not like we’d be banking the lot on him.

Bring him home. Cazorla said he wants to come home, the fans love him, Mikel Arteta knows him form their shared time together and everything—literally everything—about this potential reunion is positive. You don’t get to say that often.