Speaking to the assembled media at Spain’s training camp in Laz Rozas, outside Madrid, Fabregas reiterated his desire to focus on his country’s performance in the World Cup, saying: “I am only focused on the World Cup, not my future at Arsenal.”
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However, when asked whether he could guarantee that he will be staying with the Emirates Stadium outfit next season, he simply replied: “No.”
Fabregas has been the subject of an intense media frenzy in recent weeks as his boyhood club seek to take him back to the club he left as a teenager in 2003.
The Arsenal captain's father recently revealed that his son was desperate to seal a switch back to Barcelona as soon as possible.
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But the player himself insisted that his future is still in the hands of the Gunners and manager Arsene Wenger, saying: “It’s up to Arsenal to decide."
The Arsenal talisman seems to be only too aware of his importance to a young squad and to a legion of fans, who all believed him to be the man to finally lead the Gunners to lifting a long-awaited trophy.
The gifted midfielder later acknowledged that: “I’m loved more at Arsenal than I am in my own home."
By Trystan Scales
