Barcelona are set to hand Andres Iniesta a bumper new
deal to fend off potential interest from Chelsea.
Reports in Spain suggest that Barca fear an approach from the
London giants for one of their prized assets.
Barcelona are believed to be particularly concerned by the input of
Henk Ten Cate, the current number two at Stamford Bridge.
He was assistant to Frank Rijkaard for three years from 2003 and
played a major role in nurturing Iniesta during his early days in
the first-team.
Because of this Iniesta is understood to be very close to Ten Cate
- who Barcelona believe could use their relationship to tempt him
away.
However, Barca president Joan Laporta has no intention of even
letting the matter become an issue and is preparing a new bumper
six-year deal for the Spanish international - who has two-and-half
years left on his current contract.