Barcelona's courting of Gunners irks Fabregas

CESC FABREGAS has hit out at his former club Barcelona over their pursuit of several of his Arsenal team-mates, and has told the Catalan club to show more respect.

Barca have been linked with a number of Arsenal's top players this summer, with forward Emmanuel Adebayor and midfielder Alexander Hleb the most talked about targets in the Spanish media.

The amount of speculation coming out of Spain regarding the duo has upset Fabregas, who told Catalunya Radio that such reports unsettle players and that the London club would not act in such a public manner.

"A club like Barca should show a bit more respect to the intimacy of a club like Arsenal that never make a lot of noise (over transfers) and who always try to do things properly," said Fabregas, who will hope to feature for Spain against Russia in Vienna tonight.

"In the last few weeks it's come out that Barca are in for at least seven Arsenal players and there's no need for that. These things cause doubts in the mind of the players and unsettle us."