arcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta has reiterated his desire play alongside Cesc Fabregas at the Nou Camp.

The Arsenal skipper has once again been at the centre of a transfer tussle between the Catalan giants and the Gunners.

Having told Arsene Wenger of his wish to return to his home club last season, the 24-year-old stuck with the Gunners for one more year in a bid to help the club end their trophy drought.

But that hasn't happened and there is a fear at the Emirates over the inevitable departure of the Spaniard this time around.

Someone who is anticipating Fabregas arrival at the Nou Camp is Spain team-mate Iniesta.

"We have always said what we think of him [Fabregas]. If he comes he will help us to make the step up in quality," Iniesta told Sport.

"I have spoken with him on many occasions and he could achieve his desire to come [to Barcelona]."

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Levante have agreed to re-sign Brazilian forward Wellington Silva on loan. The 18-year-old spent the final six months of last season in Valencia, but is set to move for the whole of the next campaign.

Silva is due in Spain tomorrow afternoon for a medical, where he will then join the rest of the squad at their training base in La Manga. Talks are still ongoing with the Gunners over Pedro Botelho.

Wellington has struggled with a number of personal problems since signing officially in January, and has already had one appeal for a work permit rejected.

Gervinho's £11m move from Lille to Arsenal will be delayed by at least another week due to visa problems, so the forward will miss the club's seven-day pre-season tour of the Far East.

The Ivory Coast international completed a medical at the Emirates on Wednesday but ran into unexpected problems as his paperwork was not in order.

It meant Gervinho had to go back to France and will not be able to return to England until a visa has been approved which is expected to take at least another seven days.

While Arsenal believe it will not put the 24-year-old's move under threat, it still comes as a setback to Arsène Wenger as the manager was hoping the week-long tour would help the player settle in with the squad.

The club open the pre-season campaign against a Malaysia XI on Wednesday followed by a clash with the Chinese side Hangzhou Greentown on Saturday before returning to Europe to face FC Cologne on 23 July, by which time Gervinho should be on board.