Cesc Fabregas has resisted talks over a new Arsenal contract. The News of the World says Cesc has rejected new £90,000-a-week contract talks at Arsenal - paving the way for him to quit the Emirates at the end of the season.
Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid have been put on alert after Fabregas turned down the chance to renegotiate his existing deal.
The Gunners want to offer Fabregas a £35,000- a-week pay hike plus a two-year extension to his deal, which runs until 2014.
They want to make him the club's highest-paid player and tie their prized asset to an improved deal in keeping with his status as one of the finest young players in the world.
But Fabregas, 21, has put off talks as he wants to see what Barcelona and Real Madrid offer next summer.