Freddie not ready to leave

Freddie Ljungberg wants to stay at Arsenal for the rest of his career, quashing speculation linking him with a move away from the Gunners.

The 30-year-old had a disrupted 2006-07 season and, with Arsene Wenger's emphasis on youth it appeared he might be on the brink of a move - but his agent Claes Elefalk is adamant the Sweden midfielder wants to see out his playing days with Arsenal.

Elefalk told BBC Sport: "Freddie wants to stay at Arsenal until he stops playing and there is a good chance that'll happen. This is just speculation. Freddie is most certainly not leaving Arsenal."

He continued: "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 is just normal, traditional transfer rumours that for players of Freddie's calibre occurs each transfer window and has done so for the last four years.

"Football is football, but Freddie wants to and will stay at Arsenal and that is what we are dealing in."