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LONDON. — Santi Cazorla has told Arsenal: Compete for titles or I’m off.
The Spain midfielder has claimed 61 international caps during his career and was a part of La Roja’s squad that won the European Championship in both 2008 and 2012.
But at club level trophies have not been forthcoming for the 29-year-old, with only the 2004 Intertoto Cup — won during his time at Villarreal — on his resume. And with Cazorla approaching his 30th birthday this December, the diminutive playmaker has warned Arsenal — without a major honour since 2005 — that if they can’t offer a platform to fight for titles, he’ll be heading elsewhere.

“I want titles and that is why I came to Arsenal,” said Cazorla, who joined Arsenal for £16million in 2012, speaking to Sport 360.
“Every football player wants to win titles. We’ve gone many years without winning one. And if not, what I’ll look for in my next destination is to have the chance to win.”

Cazorla has starred for the Gunners since his arrival from Malaga 20 months ago, but he has seen his side badly fall out of the English Premier League title race this season. Without a win in their last four matches — which have featured a 6-0 demolition at Chelsea and a 3-0 loss at Everton — Arsene Wenger’s side have fallen 10 points off the championship pace, and into another battle for fourth place. — The Mirror.