New Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has said revealed Arsenal’s determined to keep Cesc Fabregas after Barça’s previous bid soured the relationship between the clubs.
Arsenal Resistance Has Rosell, Barcelona Resigned To Missing-Out On Cesc Fabregas Transfer
While Barcelona has secured the financing to bring Cesc Fàbregas back to the Nou Camp, the Spanish champions’ early off-season attempt to lure their trainee home may have poisoned the waters bridging Catalonia and north London, making a deal this summer impossible. That is what Sandro Rosell, Barcelona’s new president, has said about the club’s attempt to acquire the Arsenal captain.
Rosell took over as club presidency on July 1 and has since been dealing with a financial problems that prevented players from being paid in June. Those problems resolved thanks to the securing of a €150 million loan, the club has been able to devote more attention to spending its €50 million transfer budget. However, the assumed target of that money, Fàbregas, may be unavailable, with Arsenal having been turned-off by the manner in which Rosell’s predecessor, Joan LaPorta, tried to acquire the midfielder at the end of his term.
Read Article >File Under Obvious: Barcelona Target, Arsenal Captain Cesc Fabregas Could Stay With Gunners
Adhering to the self-perpetuating soccer news cycle’s tenant that no news is in fact news, English papers are aflutter today with news that Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal FC’s captain and target of Spanish champions FC Barcelona, could stay with the London club.
Considering Fabregas is currently under contract to Arsenal, this hardly seems noteworthy, but amidst end-of-season reports that Barcelona had bid for the midfielder’s services, speculation that the Gunners’ best player will return home (to Catalonia) this off-season has defined the club’s summer.
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