Barcelona say there is no deal in place to take Cesc
Fabregas to the club and have ruled out the Arsenal captain joining
in January.
The Spanish champions have been heavily linked with Fabregas for
two years and appeared to be close to getting their man this
summer, only for Arsenal to reject two offers.
The Catalan club haven't given up hope of signing the
23-year-old, but with a mountain of debt to cope with any deal for
the midfielder has been put on hold for the time being.
Barcelona's director of football Andoni Zubizaretta has now come
out to deny reports they already have a deal in place to bring
Fabregas to the Nou Camp, and has ruled out making any attempts to
sign the World Cup winner in January.
"I have not spoken to Wenger about a guarantee for the transfer
next season," said Zubizaretta. "Cesc is a very good footballer,
but now I do not say if he enters into our plans for the next
season.
"We will value the player, and we will decide. We will plan, and
see if Cesc falls into that plan or not.
"We have a squad that has done well, and it is the squad that we
wanted. It gives us many options, it is diverse, with players who
give us much.
"We will not look for anyone in January. If there are no
exceptional circumstances, we will make no signing in the winter
market."
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