It's no longer news that Barca want to sign Cesc Fabbregas.What is news is the manner in which they have gone about it.They have expertly employed the might of both the Catalan/Spanish and rumour-loving English media to get thier man.Before now we have'nt heard any official statements from Arsenal untill yesterday.The statment from the club's official website reads:Arsenal Football Club have today released the following statement about Cesc Fabregas:
"Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is under contract with the Club until the summer of 2015. He is a highly-valued member of the team and part of our future plans.
"We have followed recent speculation linking Cesc with a move away from the Club but as there has never been any official approach for him, only two informal exchanges, in which we made it abundantly clear that we have no interest in transferring Cesc, we have refrained from publicly passing comment. However, yesterday evening we received an offer from Barcelona for Cesc and in response, we immediately and resolutely told them once again that we have no intention of selling our captain.
"To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion. Barcelona have publicly stated that they will respect our position and we expect that they will keep their word."
We shall see where this leads in the coming days.Rumours have it that Joe Cole has signed for Arsenal on a 3 year deal worth 110kpnds/week.
The Joe Cole deal is to be announced before England first game in South Africa!
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