02.06.2010 12:40
Club makes formal offer for Cesc
Marc Guillén
Club Director General Joan Oliver has confirmed that Barca have made a formal written offer to Arsenal for Cesc Fabregas.
During the presentation of the club’s new sponsorship deal with Herbalife, Joan Oliver
revealed more details of the negotiations with the London club to sign Cesc.
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Oliver explained: “everybody knows that Cesc wants to sign for Barca and that we also want
him to come here, but there is also a third party involved –Arsenal. Any agreement has to be
with them. The official window for transfer negotiations opened on June 1st and although we’d
had unofficial conversations with them before yesterday, we’ve now made a formal written
offer, which we presented to Arsenal yesterday afternoon”.
Yuste is optimistic
Club Vice-President Rafael Yuste also spoke of Cesc’s possible signing and claimed:
“I’m optimistic that he’ll be able to sign for Barca as soon as possible and
it’s clear that everybody here will give him a warm welcome. We’ll do nothing that
might make it more difficult for him to come here and we won’t rush things – but we
won’t stop either!”
Yuste gave no more details, explaining that Txiki Beguiristain and Raül Sanllehí were leading
the negotiations.