Real Betis’ last-minute strong push for Ceballos failed, and Spanish media outlet AS provides the reason. The newspaper believes that Ancelotti could not risk further depletion of his midfield and thus halted negotiations between the three parties.
With Kroos’s retirement, and injuries to Bellingham and Camavinga, Real Madrid faced a severe shortage of midfielders at the start of this season. Currently, Madrid only has three fit and available players in midfield, a situation even more dire than last season. Ceballos’s performance in the Super Cup demonstrated that he is still capable of fitting into Ancelotti’s system. Sending Ceballos away now could significantly disrupt the team’s strategic plans.
Ceballos was eager to return to his former club Betis, and the fact that he did not get a single minute of playtime in the last match against Las Palmas strengthened this desire. However, Real Madrid stopped the negotiations at the last moment, and ultimately, Betis urgently secured Lo Celso from Tottenham. Additionally, Lo Celso’s salary is lower than Ceballos’s, which was another reason for Betis’s last-minute switch.
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