Barcelona are planning to cut 6 first team stars this
summer according to esteemed Spanish publication AS in an effort to
raise funds to launch a bid for Arsenal captain Cesc
Fabregas.
The Barcelona
President Sandro Rosell has revealed that the club will
only be able to launch a summer offer for Fabregas if they sell a
number of their current first team stars to finance the deal. The
six players tipped to leave the Nou Camp are Adriano, Ibrahim
Afellay, Maxwell, Seydou Keita, Gabi Milito, and Jeffren. The news
will alert the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur who have
been interested in two of the aforementioned squad
members.
SOURCE: Sport.co.uk
A great deal of speculation that surrounded the issue of
finances at the Nou Camp and that the lack of funds for Pep
Guardiola was preventing the Catalan club from meeting any
valuation placed on Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas as opposed to any
feeling that too much was being demanded by the North London club,
with that in mind this source believes that the La Liga champions
are willing to sell a number of first team squad players to help
fund a move for the Spanish international.
Some sources are stating that Arsenal have quoted a fee of €60m
(£52.6m) for their captain and as recently as this week Barcelona
president Sandro Rosell has stated his club were not willing to pay
such a fee but apparently Pep Guardiola has identified Fabregas as
his main target for this coming summer and expects his side to fund
a move, hence the potential sales.
Of the players named Ibrahim Afellay is perhaps the most
attractive with many sides interested in the former PSV man who
only arrived at the club in January. Jeffren has been linked with a
move to Liverpool and Aston Villa are reportedly keen on utility
defender Gabriel Milito.
Barcelona have also been strongly linked with a move for Arsenal
winger Samir Nasri and there has been interest from Bayern Munich
in Gael Clichy and Andrei Arshavin and Arsene Wenger knows that if
the Gunners fails to land the Premier League title this season then
he may struggle to keep the nucleus of a side that has failed to
seal any silverware in six seasons.
