Arsenal target Baptista will not leave Spain

ARSENAL may have to wait 12 months for Julio Baptista after the striker insisted he would not leave Sevilla until the end of the coming season.

The Brazilian qualifies for Spanish citizenship if he spends another year in the country and he doesn't want that chance to elude him.

Both Arsenal and Tottenham are said to be keen on the 23-year-old, and Sevilla appear willing to sell now at the right price.