Barca baulk at Fabregas fee

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has admitted the Catalan club are unwilling to pay Arsenal’s €39.5m valuation of their captain Cesc Fabregas, but says the midfielder is doing “all he can” to join Pep Guardiola’s side.

Fabregas’ wish to join Barca – where he started out as a youth player – is no secret, although the midfielder claimed he was happy at Arsenal just last week.