New Barcelona president Sandro Rosell maintains the club will not be bullied into paying over the odds to prise Cesc Fabregas away from Arsenal this summer.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta insists the newly-crowned Club World Cup champions will not be making a renewed bid to sign Robinho after revealing Manchester City rejected their initial offer.

Cesc Fabregas has vowed to give everything to the Arsenal cause but admits a return to Barcelona could happen in the future.

Andrei Arshavin’s “dream” of playing for Barcelona appears to have come a step closer to being realised on Thursday after Barcelona economic vice president Ferran Soriano and coach Pep Guardiola admitted their admiration for the Russian forward.