Hector Bellerin to Barcelona: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger reveals truth about shock move

ARSENE WENGER has dismissed claims Hector Bellerin will leave Arsenal for Barcelona in the summer.

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Arsene Wenger has claimed Hector Bellerin is going nowhere

in the Spanish press this week.

Newspaper Sport claimed representatives from and Barca had held negotiations for the 21-year-old.

A £35million fee was reportedly on the table to bring the defender back to the Nou Camp where he began his career as a youth player.

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Hector Bellerin is under contract with Arsenal until 2023

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However, has dismissed the claims, saying Bellerin is going nowhere in the summer.

“No. We have just extended his contract," Wenger said.

"He has an unbelievable amount of years to go.”

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Sport claimed talks for Hector Bellerin to join Barcelona had begun

The Spain international is tied to the Emirates until June 2023, having singed a new deal last November.

And speaking after he put pen to paper on the contract, Bellerin claimed his long-term future would be with the Gunners.

"Hello everyone, sorry to keep you guys waiting, I had a very big meeting next door," he said in a video posted on Twitter.

"I just wanted to say that I just signed my new deal with the club, so I'm really, really, really happy.

"As you know, I've been here for a long time, I feel like this is my home and that was the right thing to do.

"So, I'm very happy to still be a Gunner for many more years."

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