07 August,2010 07:00 AM IST | | AFP
Cesc Fabregas will stay at Arsenal this season after conceding he won't get his wish to rejoin Barcelona.
Fabregas met manager Arsene Wenger before the World Cup to ask the Gunners boss to let him move to Spanish champions Barca.
But the Spain midfielder, who quit the Nou Camp to join Arsenal as a teenager, was unable to persuade Wenger to accept Barca's offers of around 30 million pounds (47.7 million dollars) and has now announced he will remain at the Premier League club.
"Firstly, I would like to apologise to all the Arsenal fans for not speaking sooner about my future but I have not known what I was going to do until this moment," Fabregas said in a statement.
"I cannot deny that joining a club like Barcelona was not an attractive move for me. This was the club where I learned my football. It is my home town where my friends and family are and a club where I have always dreamt of playing. There are not many players in the world who would not want to play for Barcelona. ufffd
