Fabregas 'frustrated' with not winning at Arsenal (AP)

MADRID (AP)—Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas says he is “frustrated” with not having won titles with the English club.

According to Spanish media reports, Fabregas said at a publicity event on Wednesday that “any player who says that he is not frustrated with not having won titles is lying. I am ambitious.”

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Arsenal has not won a major trophy in six seasons.

The 24-year-old Fabregas is again the focus of transfer rumors linking him with his boyhood club Barcelona.

The Spain midfielder says “Barca is the best team in the world and going there guarantees titles,” adding that Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger makes all decisions on transfers.

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Fabregas happy to stay at Arsenal

Fabregas last appeared for Arsenal on 24 April Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has stated he is happy to stay with the Gunners and added no decision has been made about a move away from the club.

The 24-year-old Spain midfielder has long been linked with a return to boyhood team Barcelona.

"I am an Arsenal player. I have been very happy for eight years and I am very happy," he said.

"There have been no decisions. It doesn't always depend on the player and at the moment I don't know anything."

Fabregas added: "You can never say never in this life as so many things happen that you can never predict.

"But I am very happy where I am. Anything else would be speculation that is untrue."

Spanish media have reported that European champions Barca would need to pay around €40m [£35.2m] to secure Fabregas's services.

He moved from the Catalan club to London in 2003 at the age of 16, and is seen by many as a natural replacement for Barca playmaker Xavi, who turned 31 in January.

But Fabregas believes any decision on his future will be made by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

"He is the boss, the one who makes the decisions - you should ask him," Fabregas said.

"But I was injured at the end of the season and I haven't seen him for about six weeks."

Fabregas won the 2010 World Cup with Spain, but his only major honour with the Gunners came in 2005, with victory in the FA Cup - Arsenal's last trophy.

And the midfielder did admit his frustration at the repeated failure to bring silverware back to the Emirates, but recognised the club's future looks bright.

"A player who is not frustrated at not winning titles is either lying to himself or lacks ambition," he commented.

"But there is a good team and a good manager and one of the most faithful fanbases in Europe. With those I believe we can make progress and one day win an important trophy."

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Fabregas to join Barca - reports

Cesc Fabregas ... 'I am a Barca supporter. I am a member like my grandfather, my uncle, my cousin.' Source: JON SUPER / News Limited

Spanish sports newspapers say Arsenal have abandoned efforts to keep skipper Cesc Fabregas who could be set for a return to Spanish giants Barcelona.

Gunners coach Arsene Wenger has allowed his skipper to leave on condition he does not sign with another English team, the Barcelona-based daily Mundo Deportivo said, quoting a conversation between the two.

But it warned that "negotiations between the two clubs will not be easy."

Another paper, Sport, said: "Arsenal believes that the player's departure is inevitable" and his representatives are expected in Barcelona to hear the "demands" of the London club.

Wenger had insisted last month that he was determined to spend a second successive summer fighting off mighty Barcelona to keep Fabregas at the Emirates.

The Gunners turned down a bid from the Spanish champions last year for a player who spent his junior days at Barcelona before joining Arsenal at the age of 16 in 2003.

"I am a Barca supporter. I am a member like my grandfather, my uncle, my cousin..," Fabregas said last year.

"I love their colours since I was very small. I am Catalan. However, I am captain of Arsenal, I am a Gunner and it is there that I have become a player and that I have matured as a person."

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