The midfielder on settling at Arsenal, why Anfield stunned him and how rain, snow and
Christmas fixtures will not put him offIt starts with a song. Dani Ceballos listens back, laughs, then looks down a little bashfully. “Surprising,” he calls it.
Arsenal fans knew he was good, or hoped so – he had come from
Real Madrid, after all – but you don’t leave there unless someone wants you to and few expected anything quite this good, this soon. Even he didn’t. Two assists, more touches, passes and dribbles than anyone and that moment when he turned full circle, fell and still escaped with the ball obediently by his foot led to a supporters’ serenade. And a Spaniard wondering if that was really his name he could hear.
Oh, Dani Ceballos.