Wenger - Cesc stories have to stop - 阿森納兵工廠足球俱樂部 Arsenal Football Club

By Richard Clarke


Arsène Wenger insists that the stories surrounding Cesc Fabregas moving to
Barcelona have to stop.

The Spanish midfielder has been consistently linked with a move to the Nou Camp
throughout the summer. Arsenal put out a strongly-worded statement when the
issue first arose but the story has just not gone away.

Speaking after Saturday's 4-0 victory over Barnet, Wenger re-affirmed his
desire to keep Fabregas and outlined that he and Sandro Rosell, the new Barca
president, had found a common understanding.

"There was a lot of unneeded talk," he said. "It is not pleasant to read this
every day. Now, the story has to stop.

"Cesc is our captain, he is so important to us and we want to keep him, that is
why we were not listening to any offers.

"It was not a problem of money, just the desire to keep him at the club.

"We can only influence our own behaviour, and I believe things have now gone
straight again with Sandro Rosell. We always had a consistent attitude and
were always reluctant to talk about Cesc's departure.

"It is very important we give the impression that because somebody wants a
player from us, we don't just give in," he went on.

"We have shown our love and care for Cesc since the start. I believe Cesc loves
the club, has shown his attachment to the club many times and I am very
confident the story will end there. We want Cesc to be part of our club next
year, and that is it.

"What we want is to build a team for the future, to develop our team and are
not in any talks for next year or the year after - we want our players to be
focused on the targets we have at the Club."

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