Arsenal midfielder Daniel Ceballos has told The Sun that he did have a scrap with his teammate David Luiz in training.
The midfielder, who returned to Arsenal on another loan deal from Real Madrid in the summer of 2020, had earlier called the rumour “fake” on Twitter.
The Athletic journalist David Ornstein reported on November 19 that Ceballos had hit Luiz on the nose in training, and that the pair made up after a few days when the squad returned for training.
The 24-year-old had slammed the report as “fake” on Twitter, but the Spain international has now claimed that there was an incident, although he has played down the severity of it, adding that the two players had sorted out their differences on the day itself.
Ceballos told The Sun: “I’m not going to say that there wasn’t a clash or a scuffle. It was not an exemplary behaviour but it is good to see Arsenal is alive – that the team has character. We are two footballers with very similar leadership qualities and these things can happen.”
The Arsenal star added: “We didn’t let a single day go by. We spoke that same afternoon after training. Now we have to learn so it does not happen again.”
Moving on
It seems that Ceballos and Luiz have moved on. Such incidents do happen in training, and they are not really big deals.
What is important now is for Arsenal to start winning matches in the Premier League and maintain their challenge for the Champions League places.
Arsenal will return to action on Sunday evening when they take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Emirates Stadium in North London in the Premier League.
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