Barcelona's Fabregas Plan

Cesc Fabregas may yet have a decision to make this summer.

Barcelona are taking two quite different approaches in their quest to sign Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal this summer, if the Catalan press are to be believed.
The Gunners' midfielder could make a dramatic return to Camp Nou if the Blaugrana went down the same route as Real Madrid and splashed the cash after being told his asking price is €45 million.
Barca's technical secretary, Txiki Begiristain, has made it clear that they believe a fee of around €30 million is more realistic for a player who walked out on the club six seasons ago.
With that route unlikely to bring any results, Sport state that Barca could persuade Fabregas to hand in a transfer request, something that is not recognized in Spain.
The daily sports paper remind readers that in England the request takes an official form as a document that is given to the club, which was the way that Xabi Alonso went to secure his move to Real Madrid.

One problem, Sport point out, is that the request is not always accepted, but frequently becomes public knowledge and that would harm Fabregas' standing at the Emirates.
El Mundo Deportivo think that there could be a less disruptive way of pushing a move forward and that is by using the player's agent, Darren Dein, to persuade Arsenal to sell.
The Fabregas family have all assented to the transfer, with Cesc's father Francesc representing him, while Dein also thinks that the deal could be a good one all round.

Manager Arsene Wenger is seen as the main stumbling block as he is loth to allow the player whom he has fashioned into the Gunners' captain to leave at any price.
Dein, son of former Arsenal director David Dein, has held talks with Barca and is now set to talk to the English club, Sport add.