PA Sport - Wed, 21 Jul 08:56:00 2010
Barcelona midfielder Xavi has said that Arsenal are merely "delaying the inevitable" by preventing Cesc Fabregas from joining the Spanish champions.
Fabregas was the subject of a reported £30 million approach by the Catalan club prior to the World Cup but the Gunners are reluctant to part with their prize asset, who has five years left on his current contract.
Arsenal appeared to gain the upper hand in the protracted saga when Barca coach Pep Guardiola conceded on Monday that the North London club would have the final say on the 23-year-old's future.
But Xavi, a member of Spain's victorious World Cup squad alongside Fabregas, is confident a deal will be reached to take the former Barcelona trainee back to the Camp Nou - be it this summer or next.
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By Zack Wilson
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"We know where Cesc wants to be this coming season, but perhaps there is not enough time for Barcelona and Arsenal to agree a deal," Xavi told The Daily Express.
"Arsenal need to understand they are only delaying the inevitable. If we don’t manage to get his signature this season then Arsenal only really have him on loan for a year – because there is nothing they can do to stop him joining next summer."
The Barca man also feels that the very latest that Fabregas will move will be next summer as a deal is inevitable.
“His [Fabregas’s] people will have a whole season to sort out the deal between the two clubs and it will happen at the very latest next summer," he added.
"I haven’t given up on him joining us this season but, if he doesn’t, it won’t be more than a year before he is back home.
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