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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has shot down claims he could return to Barcelona – nearly 22 years on from swapping the Nou Camp for Rangers and Ibrox. The former Ibrox midfielder, 41, had been rather dubiously linked with a return to the Catalan giants after Barca legend Xavi Hernandez announced his intentions to step down at the end of the season. Mikel Arteta, who is a product of the La Masia youth academy, left Barcelona permanently as a 20-year-old in 2002 when he signed a £6m deal to join Rangers. In the 22 years which have followed the midfielder has carved out a wonderful career in footb…

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