So your in dialogue?

its nothing we don't already know if barca come in with an offer of 40 million POUNDS then we would accept its been our stance all summer but untill then he will remain an arsenal player till his contract runs out

Just seemed today a little more concrete in what I was reading, that's all

£40m is still too low.

After barca mf fab is the best central midfielder going about. £50M should be the price

40 mil may be lower than what we want but if they offered 40 million i reckon the board would sell

The quote you use is a bit old isn't it? I seems to remember seeing it a week or more ago.

But it's a simple matter - always has been.

If the club that supposedly really, really wants him can stop their skinflint ways and actually pay the going rate for him, they can have him.

But approaching a club that don't have any need to sell with the fairy stories and outright lies that Barca have been habitually using isn't going to get it done.

I don't know anyone who wouldn't be prepared to see the player go, but to suggest a price for him which is lower than that offered for second rate players is insulting, both to the player and the club.

Personally, I'd put a naughty little clause in to any Fabragas sale which states that Barca must pay any and all outstanding credit from previous sales.

I believe they still owe Arsenal millions for Henry and Hleb.

I would also make a point of trying to take any and all of their brightest 16 year olds, every year for the next 20 years, while at the same time refusing to sell any player to them in the future, regardless of the money involved.

But then I bear grudges.....