{"id":460593,"date":"2011-07-14T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/arsene-wenger-slams-%e2%80%98disrespectful%e2%80%99-xavi-after-midfielder-claimed-%e2%80%98suffering%e2%80%99-arsenal-captain-cesc-fabregas-wants-to-join-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T06:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T06:58:00","slug":"arsene-wenger-slams-disrespectful-xavi-after-midfielder-claimed-suffering-arsenal-captain-cesc-fabregas-wants-to-join-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/arsene-wenger-slams-disrespectful-xavi-after-midfielder-claimed-suffering-arsenal-captain-cesc-fabregas-wants-to-join-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsene Wenger slams \u2018disrespectful\u2019 Xavi after midfielder claimed \u2018suffering\u2019 Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas wants to join Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Michael Raven<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 07:58:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.5785103171\">\n<div readability=\"17.3559322034\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cesc Fabregas pursues Lionel Messi during Arsenal's win over Barcelona (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/124100\/124165_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cesc Fabregas pursues Lionel Messi during Arsenal&#8217;s win over Barcelona (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"14.2264573991\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> has hit out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/1310\/xavier-hern%C3%A1ndez-creus\">Xavi<\/a> after he claimed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/2840\/cesc-f%C3%A0bregas\">Cesc Fabregas<\/a> was &#8220;suffering&#8221; at the Emirates because he wants to move to Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners captain has been heavily linked with a return to the Catalan giants this summer, and Xavi said he had been told by his international team-mate that he wanted to rejoin his former club.<\/p>\n<p>The Spain star told Barca&#8217;s official website: &#8220;I spoke to Cesc in Ibiza and he said he was suffering because he wanted to come. It&#8217;s more like, he did everything he could to come and wants to leave Arsenal &#8211; although he made it clear that now everything depends on the selling club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Wenger believes Xavi&#8217;s comments were &#8220;disrespectful&#8221;, telling reporters after his side&#8217;s first pre-season game in Malaysia: &#8220;It is very disrespectful, and it is not the first time that Xavi has been disrespectful to Arsenal Football Club.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"14\"><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"23\"><span><br \/>&#8220;If I found Barcelona in exactly the same position, I believe a mutual respect between the clubs should stop this kind of comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I believe that I cannot comment on every comment. What is important is that Cesc Fabregas is contracted to Arsenal Football Club. That is a fact. Arsenal wants to keep him and all the rest is comment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Arsenal have been continually frustrated by Barcelona&#8217;s treatment of the situation, and were left angered last summer when Carles Puyol, as well as Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, put a Barca shirt on Fabregas after Spain&#8217;s 2010 World Cup win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gunners have so far rejected two approaches from Barcelona for Fabregas this summer, both under the club&#8217;s \u00a340 million valuation of the player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2574131\/arsene-wenger-slams-disrespectful-xavi-after-midfielder\" title=\"Arsene Wenger slams \u2018disrespectful\u2019 Xavi after midfielder claimed \u2018suffering\u2019 Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas wants to join Barcelona\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsene Wenger slams \u2018disrespectful\u2019 Xavi after midfielder claimed \u2018suffering\u2019 Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas wants to join Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Michael Raven 14 Jul 2011 07:58:00 Cesc Fabregas pursues Lionel Messi during Arsenal&#8217;s win over Barcelona (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at Barcelona midfielder Xavi after he claimed Cesc Fabregas was &#8220;suffering&#8221; at the Emirates because he wants to move to Camp Nou. The Gunners captain has been heavily linked with a return to the Catalan giants this summer, and Xavi said he had been told by his international team-mate that he wanted to rejoin his former club. The Spain star told Barca&#8217;s official website: &#8220;I spoke to Cesc in Ibiza and he said he was suffering because he wanted to come. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsene Wenger slams \u2018disrespectful\u2019 Xavi after midfielder claimed \u2018suffering\u2019 Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas wants to join Barcelona - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/arsene-wenger-slams-disrespectful-xavi-after-midfielder-claimed-suffering-arsenal-captain-cesc-fabregas-wants-to-join-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsene Wenger slams \u2018disrespectful\u2019 Xavi after midfielder claimed \u2018suffering\u2019 Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas wants to join Barcelona - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Michael Raven 14 Jul 2011 07:58:00 Cesc Fabregas pursues Lionel Messi during Arsenal&#039;s win over Barcelona (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at Barcelona midfielder Xavi after he claimed Cesc Fabregas was &quot;suffering&quot; at the Emirates because he wants to move to Camp Nou. 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