Real Madrid offer Baptista for Arsenal's Cesc
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is pondering a Real Madrid swap offer for midfield whiz Cesc Fabregas.
Real Madrid are offering Julio Baptista as bait to land the Spanish wonderkid.
The Gunners boss was desperate to sign the attacking midfielder, 24, from Seville last summer.
But the Brazilian, nicknamed "The Beast", opted for a ?15m move to the Bernabeu instead.
Now new Real president Ramon Calderon is ready to hand over Baptista plus cash to deliver his promise of landing Fabregas, 19.
Calderon claims that, before he was voted into power, his sporting director Pedrag Mijatovic agreed a five-year deal with Fabregas' agent Joseba Diaz.
And he refuses to give up the chase even though Fabregas insists he is committed to Arsenal.
Calderon said: "Arsenal were interested in Baptista last season and they are still interested in him now.
"We will try to work out an agreement because we would like Cesc to join Real Madrid.
"When Mijatovic spoke to Fabregas' representative before the elections they agreed Cesc could sign for us for five years if Arsenal agree to sell."
Real Madrid are offering Julio Baptista as bait to land the Spanish wonderkid.
The Gunners boss was desperate to sign the attacking midfielder, 24, from Seville last summer.
But the Brazilian, nicknamed "The Beast", opted for a ?15m move to the Bernabeu instead.
Now new Real president Ramon Calderon is ready to hand over Baptista plus cash to deliver his promise of landing Fabregas, 19.
Calderon claims that, before he was voted into power, his sporting director Pedrag Mijatovic agreed a five-year deal with Fabregas' agent Joseba Diaz.
And he refuses to give up the chase even though Fabregas insists he is committed to Arsenal.
Calderon said: "Arsenal were interested in Baptista last season and they are still interested in him now.
"We will try to work out an agreement because we would like Cesc to join Real Madrid.
"When Mijatovic spoke to Fabregas' representative before the elections they agreed Cesc could sign for us for five years if Arsenal agree to sell."
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