Morning Insiders'� we have taken the best bits from todays papers. The usual suspects are there with the Fabregas Barcelona stories.

The Sun -� � Barcelona eye Rob & Fab� BARCELONA have admitted both Robinho AND Cesc Fabregas are top of their January shopping list.

Asked about Barca's interest in Manchester City's Brazilian striker Robinho, Barca sporting director Txiki Begiristain said: "He is a very interesting footballer and could play for us in the Champions League.

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For the third consecutive year, Fulham so early in the season is a benchmark for the Arsenal. Two years ago, after Jens Lehmann's blunder, Alex Hleb kicked-off our Premiership campaign with a very late strike and we went on to have a memorable season. Last year, we faced them on the second day, we lost and we went on to have a miserable season.

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For the third consecutive year, Fulham so early in the season is a benchmark for the Arsenal. Two years ago, after Jens Lehmann's blunder, Alex Hleb kicked-off our Premiership campaign with a very late strike and we went on to have a memorable season. Last year, we faced them on the second day, we lost and we went on to have a miserable season.

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Woe is me!

Alex Hleb claims that his move to Stuttgart from Barcelona is a backward step in his career.

The Belarus international has joined the Bundesliga side on a season-long loan after struggling to break into the first team at the Spanish club during his debut season in La Liga.

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A few posts from around the Football blogosphere!
Robbie Fowler resorts to Ninja (Dirty Tackle)
Man City fan gets tatoo predicting Champions league 2011 win (Who ate all the pies)
Great slalom goal from Alex Hleb for Stuttgart, this evening (101gg)
Paul Lambert gets Norwich job, after beating them 7-1 in opening game (the guardian)
Top ten football stadiums of the world (Pitch Invasion)
Dani Alves gets plastic surgery (The Spoiler)
Roman Abramovich is gonna be a dad. Click to continue reading...

It's a summer of transfer and rumour madness that I'm sure will get even more mental than Britney Spears over the course of the next few weeks.
Manchester City and Real Madrid are the main reason for bigger sums of money being spent than Beth Ditto's chocolate bill.
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It seems the last three or four days have been quite turbulent for the Arsenal. Adebayor leaving, Tomas Rosicky back in action, more players linked with a possible move, ex-players saying they regret leaving and so on and so forth.

We also had our share of turbulence with the server going crazy but hopefully problems are over.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE A mixed bag of tabloid tales greet those interested this morning my fellow Wengerites but the reserves' 3-2 win at Lincoln City last night seems to have escaped mass coverage for some reason!

For the record, goals from Gilles Sunu, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Luke Ayling's last-gasp winner were enough to see off the Imps at Sincil Bank.

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Ex Gunner plotting Emirates return? The Rumour Barcelona's unhappy midfielder Alex Hleb is being linked with a sensational return to Arsenal. Hleb wants out of the Nou Camp. "I am right in the best years of my career and I do not want to spend those years on bench," he said. The news Hleb is . Click to continue reading...

Reports in the UK media are saying that mega bucks Manchester City are preparing a £15 million bid for Toure.

Toure was subject of a bid from Manchester City in January; in fact the Ivory Coast defender handed in a written transfer request, but was persuaded by Wenger to withdraw it.

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For various reasons, I don't really have time to write the player ratings which I've promised.
However, next week I'll go through an area of the team each day, culminating in who my player of the season is on Friday.
But I do have a quick word to say about the Champions League final:
1)Undoubtedly the English press have been harsher than they might to United - but thats because their absurd faith in United wasn't vindicated even slightly. Click to continue reading...

Now, grating as it is to have to analyse serial benchwarmer Alex Hleb's comments about Arsenal needing to pay more to keep hold of their stars, it does baffle me slightly.

We've long been told that Arsenal operate a wage ceiling, but does that really impoverish these young men by comparison to their peers?

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Arsenal's new little magician has been a revelation since signing in the closing minutes of the January transfer window. He's played only 9 games yet has 6 assists and 6 goals - and against Liverpool became only the sixth player in Premier League history to score 4 in one game.

He has wonderful balance and dribbling ability, has a great strike with either foot, and is superbly creative in his movement and passing.

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Adebayor...21 goals last season
2007/8 Review
The common perception of Arsenal's 2007/8 team is that they over-elaborated, lacked penetration. Conventional wisdom says that this 'Playstation football' (as Tony Cascarino recently termed it) cost Arsenal the title. The trouble is, there really isn't much evidence to support that claim. Click to continue reading...

Let the excitement begin! For a few hours this afternoon we can go top of the league, and should we manage that, with only 37 league games remaining only the biggest bah-humbug would write our title chances off.

Ah, the joys and ludicrous expectancy of the opening day of the season. Are we in good shape?

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Alex Hleb's dream was to play for Barca.
Ronaldinho dreamed of playing for AC Milan.
Deco dreamed of playing for Chelski.
Dani Alves dreamed of playing in the blue and red Barca shirt.
Arshavin's dream is to swap Zenit for Barca.
Ronnie dreams of playing for Real Madrid.
Drogba dreams of playing for a different team every week. Click to continue reading...

I am writing this article with anger and rage directed against none other than our dearly beloved piece of sh*t named Alex Hleb. One can understand that he needs to make a following among the 'Bark'lona fans, but that doesn't mean he barks about any thing he feels.I think we all are aware of the dirty mud slinging politics played by the Barcelona directors. Click to continue reading...

It has been over two months since Arsenal played out their last match, a one-nil win away to Sunderland. The offseason has been rather tedious. We seen the departures of Jens Lehmann, Mathieu Flamini, Alex Hleb and most recently Gilberto Silva while the future of striker Emmanuel Adebayor remains up in the air. Click to continue reading...

Alexander Hleb the Belarussian play-maker was officially revealed in front of the hungry Spanish media by Barcelona. Thierry Henry was also present at the event which saw Hleb kissing the Barca Batch as though he was practicing it since he first kicked the ball. Its like, you play with your dog, show him a piece of raw meat and you could make him do any trick in the book, with that look in its eyes. Click to continue reading...

And I don't mean Gilberto!
Alex Hleb has finally left Arsenal. We get £11.9m for him and I'm glad that the saga is finally over.
Hleb and his agent's conduct over the summer has been a disgrace. We don't need tossers like him at the club, Arsenal are far better off without.
I won't deny I felt he was a good player but he has proved himself to be a slimy rat. Click to continue reading...

Alex Hleb is currently doing his medical at Barcelona to complete his move to Cattalunyans from Arsenal for a reported fee of £ 11.9 million. The news of him leaving Arsenal to find a quite heaven abroad were circulating since the end of the last season but now it appears a deal has been brokered finally between the two clubs. Click to continue reading...

Alexander Hleb will fly into Spain today hoping to seal his transfer to FC Barcelona. The news comes as no surprise to most as Hleb has been very public in stating his desire to leave London. The Catalan club have stepped up their long-running pursuit the less-than-prolific midfielder since their sale of Portuguese international Deco [. Click to continue reading...

Many high-profile deals appear to be close to resolution and, according to the source below, Arsene Wenger is about to get a nice chunk of cash for a wantaway star! Alex Hleb will be unveiled by Barcelona today after completing his £15million switch from Arsenal. The Catalan giants will pay ... Click to continue reading...

A long time since my last post, and not much has actually occurred.
Let's summarise events:
* Adebayor hasn't moved anywhere, despite skulking round the Nou Camp/ San Siro for the last month wearing a 'please, please, please buy me, i'm easy' shirt on. He definitely wants to leave, let's get that clear. Click to continue reading...

Samir Nasri has officially signed for Arsenal, I don't think it was ever really in doubt but it's nice that the deal has now been concluded. Nasri signing surely means that Alex Hleb is about to depart for Barcelona. One can't help but feel that this is a good bit of business for Arsenal, signing a very talented and hungry French international, while shipping out someone who has been Click to continue reading...

El mediapunta, Alex Hleb, pasará a formar parte del conjunto "azulgrana" por las siguientes cuatro temporadas, según lo informó la prensa del país ibérico. FC Barcelona tuvo que pagar 15 millones de euros al club Arsenal para por fin hacerse de los servicios de un jugador por el cual ya habían mostrado interés desde hace mucho [. Click to continue reading...

Sidwell to Villa-
This looks like a good move for Martin O'Neill who sees Steven Sidwell as a good replacement to Gareth Barry if he moves to Liverpool. Also Villa will look to make a tidy profit if Sidwell moves for the reported £5 million and Barry goes for £15 million.
Sidwell always didn't look like he would make it into the Chelsea 1st team and will be chomping a the bit to get some 1st team action at Villa. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal defender Bakary Sagna understands Alex Hleb's decision to leave Arsenal, but can't say the same for Adebayor. He is optimistic about Nasri coming, but says losing Adebayor would be a 'massive loss'. "It's part of football...we also lost Mathieu Flamini, who was an important player in midfield," Sagna told L'Equipe about Hleb. Click to continue reading...

The Sun reports that Alex Hleb has delivered yet another volley of abuse at Arsenal, the Belorussian seems to have a huge amount of disgust for the Gunners, so much so that he is starting to sound like a Spurs fan. Hleb uncorked a bottle of his finest ... Click to continue reading...

As we reported yesterday, it seems that Barcelona is seriously looking at bringing in more top talents from Arsenals roster. We've been hearing that talks include both Hleb and Adebayor, but today the comments focused on Hleb. Barcelona vice-president Marc Ingla confirmed today that there is ongoing communication with Arsenal for midfielder Alex Hleb. Click to continue reading...

With Barca set to have a couple losses from their amazing roster, they are now ready to deal for some more superstars. Barcelona has contacted Arsenal saying they want to do enter into talks over Alex Hleb AND Emmanuel Adebayor. DiarioSport says while an initial approach for Adebayor received little attention from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, the [. Click to continue reading...

The Premier League's second and third placed sides will face off on Sunday as a day of giant battles concludes. North London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea are separated by only two points after a recent slump in the Gunners form, and the Blues could leapfrog the Gunners if they win on Sunday. Manchester United, who sit one place and three points ahead of Arsenal, play Liverpool at Old Trafford earlier the same day. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger will be hoping that Arsenal regain the fine form that saw them defeat AC Milan at the San Siro when Gareth Southgate's Middlesbrough side travels to the Emirates Stadium this Saturday. Middlesbrough will have to pull out a major upset to do the double over Arsenal, but the Gunners current league form leaves something to be desired. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal progressed into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after knocking out holders AC Milan in their round of sixteen tie. The Gunners overcame a resilient Milan side after two late strikes sent the Rossoneri spinning out of European competition. It was Milan's first European loss at the San Siro. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal travel to the San Siro this Tuesday to face off against AC Milan in the return leg of their Champions League round of sixteen match up against the Champions League Champions. Arsenal failed to leverage their home advantage at the Emirates in a 0-0 draw, but the Gunners will take confidence from their dominance of the home leg. Click to continue reading...