Arsenal Captain and Spain Midfielder Cesc Fabregas stiil play at Arsenal after the Spanish champions Barcelona meet Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood. Barcelona have given Arsenal their assurances they will not try to sign the midfielder this summer.
Cesc Fabregas has been linked with a move back to Barcelona (where he began his career) but Hill-Wood maintains that, as a result of their conversation, the Catalans will not be signing him in the summer.
''There was a private conversation that took place in the boardroom and assurances have been made at the highest possible level,'' Hill-Wood told Soccernet. ''Arsenal do not expect those to be broken.
''I was not privy to the conversation, but was told about it. They said to us they are not interested [this summer]. It was a recent conversation, as recent as the time that they played us in the Champions League in fact as we got a bit upset because of all the media speculation.
''Subsequent to the conversation, if they are interested at any time in the future, they would come to us direct. However I'm not sure they are going to do that, because they told us they are pretty happy with what they have got and are pretty happy with their current players.''
Despite Fabregas' influence on the Arsenal side, Hill-Wood said he was not confident that the midfielder would make an impact at Camp Nou if he did choose to move.
''If you want my opinion, I'm not sure he would even get in their team,'' he said. ''Do they need him? I'm not sure that they do. And they said to us they are not interested.
''That suits us fine. Arsenal Captain Fabregas is an Arsenal player and we want him to remain an Arsenal player. We hope he stays with us for a very long time.''
