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Arsenal Chief Ivan Gazidis Plays Down Reports Of Cesc Fabregas Leaving For Barcelona
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Mar 2, 2010 6:27:00 PM
By Alan Dawson
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has attempted to quell the continued transfer speculation linking talismanic playmaker Francesc Fabregas with a Barcelona-homecoming by insisting that the reports are just "column-inch fillers".
Vice-president Alfons Godall, the likeliest candidate in the summer elections for the Blaugrana leadership, claimed in February that no deal for Fabregas had been completed, and that the purchase would depend upon current president Joan Laporta.
He said in AS: "His signing will depend a lot on Joan Laporta. He will be president until June 30 and I would say that a number of decisions will be made about Cesc's signing before a change in leadership."
Fabregas, though, recently distanced himself from the rumours, insisting that he wants to remain focussed on the Premier League and Champions League, followed by his World Cup campaign with Spain in the summer.
"At an individual level this is probably the best [form of my life]. I want to focus on what is happening," said Fabregas to Radio Catalunya. "There are four months of competition left and I want to be quiet and concentrate on the Premier League and the Champions League. To get in shape for the World Cup is another of my priorities."
The 22-year-old, who is under contract with the Ashburton Grove side until 2014, conceded that he may not be able to refuse the call from Barcelona forever.
"I've never hidden that one day I would return to Barcelona. I have been a lifelong Barca fan. I do not need anybody to tell me that Barcelona is the best city in the world to live or about the quality of life there. I know that perfectly. I don't like the London weather but as a city it is spectacular. But yes, when I retire I will live in Barcelona."
Fabregas has been in inspirational form for the north Londoners this season, returning 16 goals and 19 assists in all competitions.
Bought from the Catalan club in September 2003, the Spain international has gone on to become, statiscally, one of the most effective midfielders on the planet, and with a presidential election on the horizon at Camp Nou, candidates are hopeful that sealing a deal for Fabregas will help aid their respective campaigns.
Gazidis said in the Telegraph: "There is a [presidential] electoral cycle that happens at Barcelona and at Real Madrid and every time they go through the cycle there are a group of players that end up filling the column inches."Vice-president Alfons Godall, the likeliest candidate in the summer elections for the Blaugrana leadership, claimed in February that no deal for Fabregas had been completed, and that the purchase would depend upon current president Joan Laporta.
He said in AS: "His signing will depend a lot on Joan Laporta. He will be president until June 30 and I would say that a number of decisions will be made about Cesc's signing before a change in leadership."
Fabregas, though, recently distanced himself from the rumours, insisting that he wants to remain focussed on the Premier League and Champions League, followed by his World Cup campaign with Spain in the summer.
"At an individual level this is probably the best [form of my life]. I want to focus on what is happening," said Fabregas to Radio Catalunya. "There are four months of competition left and I want to be quiet and concentrate on the Premier League and the Champions League. To get in shape for the World Cup is another of my priorities."
The 22-year-old, who is under contract with the Ashburton Grove side until 2014, conceded that he may not be able to refuse the call from Barcelona forever.
"I've never hidden that one day I would return to Barcelona. I have been a lifelong Barca fan. I do not need anybody to tell me that Barcelona is the best city in the world to live or about the quality of life there. I know that perfectly. I don't like the London weather but as a city it is spectacular. But yes, when I retire I will live in Barcelona."
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