Barcelona to fight for Fabregas
Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2011 | 5:40 PM
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said the club will fight to the end to sign Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
The European champions had a bid of about 27 million pounds rejected by the Gunners in June this year.
Guardiola said his club has made an offer and Arsenal another and they have until August 31 to try to reach an agreement.
Guardiola further said Barcelona will fight to the end to try to get Cesc because the club believes he will improve the team and the squad.
Arsenal are believed to value the 24-year-old Fabregas at around 40 million pounds. But Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has already indicated his club would only pay as much as 35 million for the player, who has four years left on his contract with the Premier League side.
Fabregas, a product of the Barcelona youth academy before joining Arsenal as a 16-year-old in 2003, has been linked with a return to the Nou Camp for the last two seasons.