Fabregas confirms he will stay at Arsenal

LONDON - Cesc Fabregas confirmed on Friday he will stay at Arsenal this season after conceding he won't get his wish to rejoin Barcelona.

Fabregas met Arsene Wenger before the World Cup to ask the Gunners boss to let him move to the Spanish champion, sparking a summer-long saga of claim and counter-claim between the two clubs.

But the 23-year-old Spain midfielder, who quit the Nou Camp to join Arsenal as a teenager, was unable to persuade Wenger to accept Barca's offers of about 30 million pounds ($47.7 million) and has now announced he will remain at the Premier League club.