Dani Ceballos joins Arsenal on a season-long loan from Real Madrid

Arsenal have completed the season-long loan signing of Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos.

The 22-year-old Spain international is highly-regarded at the Bernabeu and made 23 LaLiga appearances throughout the 2018/19 campaign.

But Ceballos, who has six senior caps and also helped Spain's Under-21s to Euro 2019 success this summer, will now spend a year in north London after agreeing to a temporary switch to the Emirates Stadium

The move had been expected but Arsenal head coach Unai Emery threw a little doubt on the deal after Real's Marco Asensio suffered a serious knee injury in a friendly win over the Gunners earlier in the week.

"We're excited to see Dani join us," Emery said on the announcement of the deal.

"He is a talented player with big technical ability, creativity and precision."

Ceballos becomes Arsenal's second signing of the summer, following 18-year-old striker Gabriel Martinelli from Ituano.

Arsenal are also likely to confirm the capture of St Etienne defender William Saliba, also 18, in the coming days - although it is anticipated that he will be loaned back to the Ligue 1 outfit for the forthcoming season.

The former Sevilla and Real Betis youngster will wear the number eight shirt during his time at Arsenal and could feature in Sunday's Emirates Cup meeting with Lyon.