Chelsea ace Cesc Fabregas admits Barcelona management made him feel unwanted last summer.
Fabregas spoke to the club's sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta on the phone a week after the season ended.
Fabregas told El Pais: "I called Zubizarreta and I knew by the response that I got that I was doing them a favour - it was the best thing for them and for me."
After what was effectively a shrug of the shoulders from the club and not the 'please don't go' message that might have changed his mind, he told his agent Darren Dein to step up the search for a club in England, with London the preferred destination.
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