Arsenal reject £27m offer from Barcelona for captain Cesc Fabregas – report

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Arsenal have reportedly turned down an offer of £27 million from Barcelona for captain Cesc Fabregas.

The 24-year-old midfielder has for long been linked with a move to the Catalan club, with reports of a potential move back to his homeland having been doing the rounds for a few seasons.

For his part, the World Cup winner has maintained that he would like to play for Barca at some point in his career, having left their youth set-up to switch allegiance to the Gunners back in 2003.

The president of the Spanish club, Sandro Rosell, has previously revealed that the maximum that they are going to offer would be £35m and that should the Gunners still be unwilling to sell their skipper for that price, then the potential move would not reach fruition this summer.

Now The Telegraph has claimed that the north London outfit have rejected an initial offer of £27m for the playmaker as another summer of uncertainty surrounding the future of the midfielder kicks into action.

Fabregas has already made 303 appearances for Arsenal since making his move to England.

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