Barcelona is still monitoring the situation of Aaron Ramsey despite Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisting his star Welshman is not for sale at any price.

Ramsey was a revelation for the North London giants last season where he finished as the club’s player of the season and also helped the Gunners end their eight year trophy drought by helping them to the FA Cup with the winning goal in extra time.

At 23 years of age, Ramsey has the best years ahead of him and his form for the club last season was one of the primary reasons that Wenger didn’t try to bring Cesc Fabregas back to the club from Barcelona.

With Fabregas headed for Chelsea after failing to nail down a starting place at Barcelona, the Catalan giants have turned their attentions to Aaron Ramsey whose versatility and ability to play across the midfield would give new manager Luis Enrique a lot of options.
Moreover, with the veteran Xavi entering the twilight of his career, Ramsey could be a long term solution to their midfield problems as well.

But the Spanish giants will have to compete with former manager Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich to complete the signing of Wales’s captain if Arsenal were to sell.

Bayern are in the hunt for another midfield general with Toni Kroos attracting interest from Real Madrid, after his move to Manchester United was scrapped by incoming manager Louis van Gaal.
The Bavarians see the Welshman as the ideal replacement for the mobile Kroos who was a revelation in the last couple of years at the club but the club knows they will have to offer a huge sum to Arsenal if they want to prize the young player away from the Emirates Stadium before the end of the summer transfer window.

Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has compared interim manager Ryan Giggs to club legend Sir Alex Ferguson. After Ferguson decided to announce his retirement as a football manager last summer, it was already heavily speculated that some of his famous players may decide to step into his shoes. Ryan Giggs was mooted as a possible successor even before Ferguson announced his retirement. However, the opportunity to succeed the Scot went to David Moyes, who failed miserably and was sacked from the job after just 10 months in charge of the club.

Giggs was appointed as the interim manager for the final four matches of the season. He started the managerial reign in impressive fashion after beating Norwich 4-0 at Old Trafford. For most of the 90 minutes, it looked like United were their old self. Giggs used a lot of tactics that were famous from the club during the regime of Ferguson. This has led to Dutchman van Persie saying that Giggs, who may finally decide to hang up his boots at the end of the season, reminds him of Ferguson in several ways.

Van Persie worked with Ferguson for only one season, but they were extremely successful together after lifting the league title, which also proved to be the Scot’s last.

“I witnessed two team meetings as I came in a bit late. The one from the last game against Sunderland, and Tuesday’s game, were incredible. They were Sir Alex-esque. He’s been brilliant,” said the striker, who has also dismissed suggestions that the players did not give their 100% under Moyes. Van Persie was one of the players rumoured to be unhappy with the training regime and tactics of the former Everton man, who was sacked after a 2-0 defeat against his former club at Goodison Park a few weeks ago.