The Premier League club privately accept that it will be almost impossible to hold on to Fabregas for another season against his wishes.

 

But Arsenal will only consider doing business if Barcelona make an offer for their prize asset and captain in the region of ￡45m.

 

The Spaniard’s desire to return to the club he left aged 16 remains as strong as it did last summer although his camp will not push for a transfer until the season finishes.

 

Fabregas, who has a hamstring injury and misses out against West Brom on Saturday, is mindful of rocking the boat while Arsenal are in such a strong position to challenge for the Premier League title.

 

Manager Arsene Wenger and the board were angry last summer that the Spanish champions pursued Fabregas so publicly but made two offers that were way below any level where Arsenal would have been prepared to negotiate.

 

Barcelona’s opening offer of ￡29m came on the first day of the summer window and they followed up with a second bid of around ￡33m.

 

Arsenal’s intransigence, the politics of incoming and outgoing presidents at the Nou Camp, as well as an ￡80m difference in the accounts between the two regimes, contributed to Barcelona’s inability to complete the deal.

 

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Although there are suggestions that Barcelona will have to sell before they can buy their former trainee this summer, the Catalan club will be able to take advantage of the most lucrative shirt sponsorship deal in sports history from next season when Qatar Sports Investment begin their ￡135m, five-year link-up with the club.

 

“Arsenal are a selling club and every player has his price,” a source close to the Gunners board told Goal.com UK. “They dug their heels in last summer because Barcelona didn’t match their valuation but they will let him go with their best wishes if they receive an offer that reflects what Fabregas is worth, which is around ￡45m.”

(”阿森納是個賣球員為主的俱樂部所以每個球員都有它的標價”一位與槍手董事會最有接觸的人告訴Goal.com UK　”他們(阿森納)上個夏天沒這麼做，是因為巴薩的報價不符他們的期待，但是他們(阿森納)將願意以滿滿的祝福讓他離開，假如他們能收到巴薩方面符合小法身價的報價，也就是4500萬英磅左右。”)

 

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has been building bridges with Arsenal officials, including Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis, following the more bombastic approach of his predecessor Juan Laporta.

 

It is believed that Pep Guardiola would welcome the pursuit of Fabregas and there is still a desire at executive level to bring the midfielder back to the club that he left eight years ago.

 

When the season ends, club officials are ready to begin discreet negotiations should they receive any encouragement from Arsenal that a deal is possible.

 

The Premier League club still hold the upper hand because Fabregas’ ￡110,000-a-week contract, renegotiated in the 2008-09 season, still has four years to run. (消息來源：Goal.com)

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真有意思～小法真的有望要回巴薩了啊～

4500萬英磅對巴薩來講應該不算什麼吧～

小法現在還很年輕，來到巴薩以後應該還是以半主力半替補的位置來踢比賽

等到哈維的歲數漸漸增大到掛靴之際，小法應該就是扛起新任哈維的中場指揮官角色了！

其實我還蠻支持小法回巴薩的，因為他在阿森納也待夠久了

而且待在阿森納真的沒什麼未來...英超奪冠之路總是會被曼聯或切爾西等隊吃的死死的XD