Fàbregas just ‘on loan’ at Arsenal – Xavi

(GSM) – Arsenal will not be pleased by Xavi’s comments regarding the continuing saga of a possible move to the Camp Nou for Cesc Fàbregas.

The Barcelona midfielder is sure the Arsenal captain wants to join him at the Catalan side and that the Gunners only have his Spain team-mate “on loan”, and the Londoners can’t do anything to stop him leaving eventually.

“We know where Cesc wants to be this coming season, but perhaps there is not enough time for Barcelona and Arsenal to agree a deal,” Xavi told The Daily Express.

“Arsenal need to understand they are only delaying the inevitable. If we don’t manage to get his signature this season then Arsenal only really have him on loan for a year – because there is nothing they can do to stop him joining next summer.”

The Barca man also feels that the very latest that Fàbregas will come to the Camp Nou will be next summer as a deal is inevitable.

“His (Fàbregas’s) people will have a whole season to sort out the deal between the two clubs and it will happen at the very latest next summer,” he added.

“I haven’t given up on him joining us this season but, if he doesn’t, it won’t be more than a year before he is back home.

“We were all with him for five weeks in South Africa and we know he wants to be at Barcelona, he made it very clear.

“But he will under no circumstances do anything that will upset the Arsenal fans. And that’s probably why we are going to have to wait for him for another year.”