Yannick Carrasco, the man who was linked with Arsenal throughout winter has confirmed our interest back then with further confirming his willingness to return back to Europe in the summer.
Yannick Carrasco has been donning Dalian Yifang’s badge in China for the past 18 months, alongside former Napoli captain Marek Hamsik who was signed for this January.
“There was interest from Arsenal and I had a lot of teams in January giving me the chance to go back to Europe, but here the President said it was difficult to go then,
“Maybe this summer it is possible. If it is a good thing and I want to go, maybe I can speak with the President.
“If I have a lot of teams who want me but the President decides I have to stay, I cannot do anything. All that you want is to be close to your family, and to go back to Europe is a good solution.”
Despite wanting to be closer to home, The Belgian particularly admitted England being his priority preference, “All the people know England is one of the best championships in the world, it’s a big competition.I think I can play in a lot of competitions in the world, I can attack and also I can defend
“The players who play in the Premier League tell me it is a physical league, strong, but you also have a lot of space.
“Sometimes when you play in other countries you do not have a lot of space but in England it is open, the play is up and down the pitch.”