Freddie wants Gunners stay
28 Jun 2007 - 10:12:04
Freddie Ljungberg's agent has played down reports linking him with Manchester City after claiming the Sweden midfielder wants to stay at Arsenal for the remainder of his career.
The 30-year-old is reportedly top of Sven-Goran Eriksson's wish list when he takes the reins at Eastlands in the coming weeks.
But Ljungberg's agent Claes Elefalk is adamant his client wants to remain at the Emirates Stadium despite struggling to hold down a first-team place mainly due to injury last season.
"Freddie wants to stay at Arsenal until he stops playing and there is a good chance that'll happen," Elefalk told BBC Sport.
"This is just speculation. Freddie is most certainly not leaving Arsenal.
"Freddie has a contract with the club that goes until 2009 and he has no thoughts at all of leaving the team.
"There has not been any contact with any other club, it is nonsense to suggest otherwise.
"All this is just traditional transfer rumours that for players of Freddie's calibre occurs each transfer window.
"Football is football, but Freddie wants to and will stay at Arsenal and that is what we are dealing in."
Ljungberg has made over 300 appearances in eight years with the Gunners.