Fergie's Man
Suffers Snails fetish
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I think when people are talking about encouragement they're talking about Fábregas being interested in leaving rather than Barcelona being interested in selling. Even though it's improper conduct it's generally the case that when a top club makes a bid, they'll have already spoken to the player/player's agent and have been told that they are open to a move if their club can agree on a fee.
And the player can deny all knowledge should the bid fail. It's been the way things are done for years, like it or loath it.
It only gets messy when the player tries to force the selling club's hand when the bids don't work.