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From THE DAILY STAR:

BARCA WANT £20M FAB
13th April 2008
By Paul Hetherington and Harry Pratt

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BARCELONA will make a £20million move for Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas in the summer.
The Gunners have always insisted they will not sell their Spanish starlet to his original club.

But it is understood that a new advisor to Fabregas, 20, has strong connections at the Nou Camp. That could be a worry for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

Fabregas joined Arsenal five years ago. He is under contract until 2014 and the Gunners want him to sign a two-year extension, which would boost his pay from £50,000 to £80,000 a week.

But if they lose him it would be yet another blow to a side which crashed out of the Champions League at Liverpool last Tuesday and could see their faint title hopes being dashed altogether at Manchester United today.

It was stirring stuff to hear the captain telling the players that one result must not spell the end

A passenger on Gallas' rousing speech

One man who refuses to accept their season is over is skipper William Gallas.

He stood up and delivered a mile-high midnight rallying call to the players and Arsenal’s top brass on the plane home from their Merseyside defeat.

One passenger said: “It was stirring stuff to hear the captain telling the players that one result must not spell the end.

“He made it clear that no matter what happens this season, Arsenal are good enough to win major silverware in the future and that losing to Liverpool was not the end of the world.

“It was exactly what everybody needed.”