Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona attacker and Iceland international Eidur Gudjohnsen (29), whose contract expires in 2010, doesn't want to leave Barcelona this summer.Gudjohnsen is delighted with the arrival of new manager Josep Guardiola and thinks that he can contribute to the new project. The player would have informed his entourage that he doesn't have any plans to move and that he wants to win a major trophy with Barcelona.
Besides the sporting reasons, Gudjohnsen and his family feel very comfortable living in Barcelona. One of Gudjohnsen's sons plays at the Barcelona youth acadmey.
Barcelona board member Rafael Yuste nevertheless made clear in an interiew with Catalan radio station RAC 1 that Barcelona still wants to sell the player during this transfer window and hopes to be able to announce something in the comming days: "We're not hurrying things but sports director Txiki Begiristain and football director Raul Sanllehí are looking at the issue with determination and our intention is to find a new club for Gudjohnsen where he can be happy again."
Madrid sports tabloid Marca claims that Barcelona hasn't yet received an offer for Gudjohnsen. Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona has been contacting several agents around Europe but that wouldn't have led to any concrete result. Barcelona would even be willing to consider a loan deal in which Barcelona would pay a part of the player's salary.
Sport nevertheless claims that Marseille could be interested in the striker if Djibril Cissé would leave the French club. Marseille manager Eric Gerets will only accept an exit of Cissé if the club would replace him wth a first-class player, with Gudjohnsen being on top of the list.
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