Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood refuses to rule out Fabregas sale & insists player sales cash will be Wenger's to spend

Cesc might go, he might stay...

27 May 2010 10:04:00

By Harry Veal

More On :  Arsenal FC, Barcelona, Cesc Fàbregas, Arsène Wenger
Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has refused to confirm or deny Cesc Fabregas' move to Barcelona, but insists that the club will back manager Arsene Wenger in the transfer market this summer.
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Hill-Wood stated that Wenger will be able to use whatever income is generated from player sales to invest in new talent as the club look to challenge Chelsea and Manchester United for the Premier League title next season.

"It is our policy that we give the manager a transfer budget, which includes the ability to use all the money from player sales,'' he told Soccernet.
FABREGAS TRANSFER TIMELINE

THURSDAY MAY 13
Fabregas: I would like to go to Barca

TUESDAY MAY 18
Fabregas flies to London for face-to-face talks with Wenger & says he wants to leave Arsenal

FRIDAY MAY 21
Peter Hill-Wood tells Goal.com that Arsenal will "do their damnedest" to keep Fabregas while Begiristain confirms Barca will make an approach

MONDAY MAY 24
Barcelona fax a £30m offer to Arsenal

TUESDAY MAY 25
Hill-Wood says Barca still haven't yet made an offer while Alex Hleb urges Cesc to stay at Arsenal and his father pleads with the Gunners to 'respect Cesc's will' and let him move to Barca quickly

WEDNESDAY MAY 26
Fabregas insists that his future is in Wenger’s hands while Carlos Vela thinks Fabregas should go to Barca

Read the definitive timeline in full

"He [Wenger] will get the money no matter how much we got from selling a player."

With no pressure to sell from the Gunners board, Barcelona may be forced to pay more than they bargained for if they are to get their No.1 target Fabregas.

Hill-Wood himself refused to comment on the issue of the Spanish midfielder’s future, perhaps not wanting to fuel speculation further.

"Fabregas might stay, he might go, I have no idea, and have no intention of making any comment on the subject,” he said.

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