Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla hopes to return to La Liga before he retires and has his eye on a comeback with former club Villarreal.
Cazorla, 31, arrived at Arsenal from financially stricken Malaga in 2012 just a year after he had departed Villarreal for the second time.
At El Madrigal Cazorla enjoyed some of his greatest success, helping to guide Villarreal to second place in the 2008 La Liga table and earning his first call-up to the Spanish squad.
Since his arrival in the Premier League Cazorla has been consistently linked with a return to Spanish football, with Atletico Madrid the club most regularly connected to the midfielder, but were he to return to La Liga he hopes to go back to his first side Villarreal.
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Marcelino’s side, who sit fourth in the Spanish standings, face Liverpool in the Europa League semi-finals and Cazorla even hopes to be part of the travelling contingent when they arrive at Anfield next week.
“I would not rule out returning to Villarreal [at some point],” Cazorla told AS. “Everyone knows how special that club is for me.
“If I get permission from my club I will be attending the Europa League semi-final second leg at Anfield, as another groguet [yellow] supporter.”
Cazorla has not appeared for Arsenal since mid-November, when he damaged knee ligaments in a draw with Norwich, but hopes to feature for the first team before the end of the season after returning to training earlier this month.
