Barcelona formally make offer for Fabregas
Barcelona have made a formal offer to Arsenal to buy Spain midfielder, Cesc Fabregas.
“Yesterday
afternoon we presented a firm, written offer to Arsenal,” director
general Joan Oliver told the club’s website (www.fcbarcelona.com) on
Wednesday. “Everyone knows Cesc wants to play for Barca, and everyone
also knows we want to sign him, but there is a third party that is
Arsenal,” added Oliver without giving details of the offer.
The English team
will be reluctant to lose one of their most influential players.
Fabregas said last month he had spoken to manager Arsene Wenger about
what he wanted and had left it in his hands.
The player came
through the Barca youth ranks before moving to Arsenal at 16 but has
never made any secret of his desire to return to the Catalan giants at
some stage. Fabregas is in Austria where Spain are preparing for the
World Cup in South Africa which starts next week.
The 23-year-old is
recovering from a cracked bone in his right leg but could return after
two months out against South Korea in a warmup game in Innsbruck on
Thursday. Barca vice-president for sports, Rafael Yuste, said: “I am
hoping we can sign him as soon as possible. I am optimistic and it’s
clear he, his family, the players and everyone else would give him a
very warm welcome.”
Fabregas would become La Liga champions Barca’s second major signing
in the space of a few weeks after they landed Spain striker David Villa
from Valencia for 40 million euros last month.
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