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Real Sociedad striker Carlos Vela has had to answers a lot of questions about international football over the last few months.

This was after he decided to withdraw from the Mexican squad for the World Cup 2014, despite appearing in the World Cup being one of the primary ambitions for any football player. Vela has been in impressive form for the Spanish club this campaign. He recently managed to score the winner against Atletico Madrid, who are the reigning champions, in a league match. This helped the lift Real Sociedad away from the relegation zone.

Despite this, the thought of relegation still remains for the club, who are regarded as one of the prestigious in Spain. As a result, Vela has spoken that he is concentrating only on club football right now. Speculation about a return to the Mexican national team has been doing rounds in the last few weeks with the international break just around the corner. Mexico do not have any competitive matches in this international break, as they will be involved in friendlies against Netherlands and Belarus. Mexico coach Mikel Herrera has spoken with confidence that Vela will return to the national team fold.

The 25-year-old has scored four goals in 15 appearances of all competitions this season. “For the moment I’ve not spoken to anybody and today isn’t the day to talk about the national team because we are in a delicate moment in our team, and right now I’m only thinking about changing the situation and in winning on Saturday (against Cordoba). I’m also thinking about returning to my best level because if you aren’t right, you aren’t useful to anyone, anywhere. I’m not in the form I’d like to be,” said the striker. Last season, he had a much better scoring record with 16 goals in 37 matches.

Mexico’s manager Miguel Herrera has stated that he has not given up on the possibility of being able to use former Arsenal striker Carlos Vela for the national team. The Mexican international has not been representing the national team in the last few years. Even though he has been part of Mexico’s qualification matches, he invariably pulls out when it comes to major tournaments. Mexico have a wealth of attacking options in the form of Javier Hernandez and Giovanni Dos Santos. Despite this, Herrera will be able to take advantage of Vela, who has come in leaps and bounds in the last few years.
Since making the move to Real Sociedad permanent a few years ago, Vela has been playing regular football. This appears to have contributed to the growth in his form. There was even talk of a potential return to Arsenal this summer. Despite having agreed a fee with Real Sociedad for the return of Vela, the Premier League were unable to bring him back as the forward choose the prospect of regular first-team football over playing a role as the backup for Olivier Giroud. Now, Mexico’s manager Herrera says that he wants to bring the striker back to international football.
Vela has been on a self-imposed exile from the national team for reasons only known to the striker. “I’m going to observe Vela and Jonathan and speak to them to see if they are interested,” said the national team manager, who has received a lot of plaudits for the way he transformed the Mexican international came on the World Cup 2014. After having only just managed to sneak into the finals, Mexico almost reached the quarter-finals at the expense of Netherlands. However, they were eventually beaten by two goals in the last five minutes of the match.

Carlos Vela’s contract at Real Sociedad has been extended for the next 4 years.

There were rumours that the English Premier League club Arsenal was planning to get the striker back to Emirates with the help of the buy-back clause, but, Sociedad didn’t let that happen. They paid the Gunners an amount of 12 million Pounds to get that clause removed from the deal.

In the last couple of seasons, Vela has been highly successful for Sociedad. In the 72 league appearances that he has made for them, he has scored 30 goals.

The Mexican forward had actually been placed on loan to Sociedad during the 2011-12 Season and he caught the eye of the club owners during that 1-year stay there.

Sociedad, thereafter, decided to sign him permanently and they secured that deal by paying Arsenal a transfer fee of 3 million Euros.

Talking to the reporters after being given contract extension by Sociedad yesterday, Vela said, “I feel at home over here and I didn’t want to leave. I let the president know that when we were having a chat last week.”
“It was hard getting that clause removed and we were aware of that, but, thankfully, everything got sorted out.”

Sociedad also released a statement clearing everything about Vela’s contract. That statement read, “Arsenal has agreed not to use the buy-back clause to get Carlos Vela back. It means that the player now can stay at Anoeta. In the meantime, the Mexico international has agreed to sign a fresh deal which would keep him with us for another 4 years.”

Real Sociedad had finished at the 7th position in the Spanish top tier last season. They won 16 out of their 38 matches and had 59 points at the end of the season.

Jokin Aperribay, the president of Spanish club Real Sociedad has claimed Arsenal are close to exercising their buyback option on Carlos Vela with a £ 3.25 million bid.

The Sociedad boss has said that the two clubs are still tangled in negotiations over keeping the Mexican international in Spain, but he also revealed that Arsenal has made it clear that they will exercise their buy back option for the player.

It was Arsene Wenger who insisted on inserting a buy back option in the player’s contract before selling him to the Spanish club that would allow them to bring the player back at a knockdown fee.

According to the Sociedad president, he has been informed by Arsenal that they want the player to be at North London for the new season.

He was also asked whether the club would try to revoke that buy back option and buy Carlos Vela outright, to which, the Sociedad president replied that at the moment, there have been no discussion regarding that issue and as a result, it would be difficult to say whether he is near or far.

They will have to wait and see if they can accomplish something for the club with regards to the player.

Arsenal has been lacking a pure centre forward for quite some time and in spite of the signings of Olivier Giroud and Yaya Sanogo, they still lack a player of the highest caliber and Wenger believes Vela to be the answer to his striker crisis.

Arsenal signed the player from his Mexican club after Carlos Vela impressed at an age group tournament but he never really settled at the club and was allowed to leave on loan several times before Sociedad took him on a couple of years back.

Real Sociedad striker Carlos Vela has refused to close the door on a potential return to Arsenal in the future. The 25-year-old could be a transfer target for several clubs in the summer after impressing with the Spanish outfit this season. He has revealed that Arsenal could be able to sign him for just € 4 million, a fee that represents just 1 million euro increased compared to the transfer fee that Real Sociedad paid for him several years ago. This is due to a clause inserted in his contract. Vela also revealed that other clubs will have to pay around £ 25 million or € 30 million in order to sign him.

The Mexican striker endured a disappointing spell at Arsenal after failing to cement a first-team spot due to intense competition that once included the likes of Robin van Persie. The sale of several strikers including van Persie in recent years, though, has reduced to the striking options for Arsene Wenger considerably. The lack of such options finally had a major impact on the team, as the team failed to sustain its title challenge after January. Hence, Wenger has hinted that he may sign a striker when the transfer window opens on the summer.

“One possibility is my clause of €30million (£24.6m), but there’s other options and we’re looking at that, to see what we can and can’t do. Arsenal can come back for me at €4million (£3.3m) at any time, which is €1million more than Real Sociedad paid. I look at things differently these days and I won’t close the door on Arsenal, or any team in England. I think I’m better prepared to play in another country now,” said the striker. He has scored 45 goals since joining Real Sociedad a few years ago in 120 appearances.