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Wenger: Neither Arsenal Nor Fabregas Unsettled By Barcelona Rumours
The Frenchman insists that Barca's declared interest in their undisputed golden boy is like water off a duck's back...
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| Bet: | Returns: | Milan £20.00 | Draw £32.00 | Arsenal £35.00 |
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Apr 5, 2009 5:16:30 AM
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is adamant that the fact that Barcelona have chosen to confirm their interest in Cesc Fabregas will not adversely affect his club, nor its talismanic young Spanish skipper.
Barca president Joan Laporta recently upped the ante by publicly declaring that he "would very much like to see Cesc wearing the Barcelona shirt", but Wenger played it off as nothing more than a minor annoyance.
“I don’t know or care about it. I know we are in a strong position with Cesc and it is not important what people write in Spain. If you put that newspaper story in front of me I would not even read it,” Wenger said at the press conference ahead of Arsenal's match against Manchester City, whom they went on to beat soundly.
When asked whether he was "disappointed" to learn of Laporta's latest comments, the Frenchman's response was subtly cutting: “Why should I be disappointed? If I was disappointed, that would mean I should expect another behaviour, but I do not.
“No, [it does not annoy me]. What is important is how well we deal with this kind of thing inside the club. That is more important than what people say.
“Any distraction would be a weakness from our side and a wrong excuse. We do not want that. We cannot influence what people say, or write or think. We can influence how much success we can achieve together.
“The period which is in front of us can be a formidable human experience for our players, and that is what I want it to be. What is the most important is that we do as well as we can.”
For his part, Fabregas has recently gone on record as saying that he is perfectly happy at Arsenal and that the papers would continue to churn out stories claiming otherwise even if he had just freshly signed a lifelong contract at the Emirates.
Derek Wanner, Goal.com
Barca president Joan Laporta recently upped the ante by publicly declaring that he "would very much like to see Cesc wearing the Barcelona shirt", but Wenger played it off as nothing more than a minor annoyance.
“I don’t know or care about it. I know we are in a strong position with Cesc and it is not important what people write in Spain. If you put that newspaper story in front of me I would not even read it,” Wenger said at the press conference ahead of Arsenal's match against Manchester City, whom they went on to beat soundly.
When asked whether he was "disappointed" to learn of Laporta's latest comments, the Frenchman's response was subtly cutting: “Why should I be disappointed? If I was disappointed, that would mean I should expect another behaviour, but I do not.
“No, [it does not annoy me]. What is important is how well we deal with this kind of thing inside the club. That is more important than what people say.
“Any distraction would be a weakness from our side and a wrong excuse. We do not want that. We cannot influence what people say, or write or think. We can influence how much success we can achieve together.
“The period which is in front of us can be a formidable human experience for our players, and that is what I want it to be. What is the most important is that we do as well as we can.”
For his part, Fabregas has recently gone on record as saying that he is perfectly happy at Arsenal and that the papers would continue to churn out stories claiming otherwise even if he had just freshly signed a lifelong contract at the Emirates.
Derek Wanner, Goal.com
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