Ceballos on joining Arsenal: It was a tremendously proud moment

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

The 22-year-old , who has six senior caps and also helped Spain's Under-21s to Euro 2019 success this summer, will spend a year in north London after agreeing to a temporary switch to the Emirates Stadium.

He is highly-regarded at the Bernabeu and made 23 LaLiga appearances throughout the 2018/19 campaign, and it is understood there is no option in the deal to make the switch permanent.

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

"The coach was the turning point in terms of me joining this massive club," he told the club's official website.

"He's a Spanish coach and he knows me from my time at other clubs. I'm really happy to be able to help Arsenal achieve our objectives.

"I knew I had the confidence of the coach, which was very important for me from the start.

"I was aware of the responsibility that wearing this shirt entails and it was a tremendously proud moment when I decided to join Arsenal.

"He's a very tactical coach and I think that's going to really help me to perfect my positioning. I think we're both going to try our best to make me a better player."