Arsene Wenger is considering reporting Inter Milan to
FIFA over their interest in Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb. The
Arsenal boss is furious that Inter coach Roberto Mancini came out
this week and admitted the Italian giants are interested in signing
Hleb this summer, even though he is still under contract to Arsenal
until 2010.
This is not the first time Inter have tried to unsettle the
Belarus midfielder after he was reported to have left the Arsenal
team hotel before their big Champions League game against AC Milan
back in March. It was suggested that Hleb met up with his agent
Claudio Vigorelli, to hold secret talks with Inter officials over a
possible move – a story that was later denied by his agents who
said he was just meeting up for an ice-cream.
Wenger is not prepared to put up with Mancini's latest comments
and has threatened to take serious action over the matter. Wenger
said: "If Inter are interested in Alexander Hleb, they should call
us. We have heard nothing. I don't know why we always have to
respond to these situations. "Apart from Mathieu Flamini, all our
players are under contract. They can call us or we shall report
them to FIFA.
"You never hear me talking about players who are under contract
somewhere else. If I want to buy someone, I call the chairman and I
ask him if he is for sale. "I find all the talk about the players
completely disrespectful. When it comes directly from the club,
enough is enough, we shall report them directly to FIFA from now
on."