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title: "Cagliari rule out January exit for Barella"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2019-01-16T11:45:19Z"
modified: "2019-01-16T14:24:47Z"
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# Cagliari rule out January exit for Barella

Cagliari director Mario Passetti has ruled out a January exit for Chelsea transfer target Nicolo Barella.

Passetti has made it clear that Barella will be going nowhere this month and will remain a Cagliari player until the end of the season, at least.

[The Mirror claim](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/transfer-news-live-chelsea-arsenal-13849447) that Chelsea were looking to sign Barella as a replacement for Cesc Fabregas, who signed for Ligue 1 side AS Monaco earlier this month.

![Enrico Locci/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1065500032.jpg)

However, Passetti has now ended any Chelsea hope of that happening with this latest statement.

[As quoted by the Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/transfer-news-live-chelsea-arsenal-13849447), Passetti said this:

> We continue to talk about him, we do interviews and issue statements, but evidently we’re not being clear enough: we reiterate that \[Barella\] will stay for at least for the next six months.
>
> After that, we’ll see what happens in the summer.
>
> We have big ambitions and Nicolo gives 1000 percent in every training session and he’s happy to be at Cagliari. Selling him isn’t one of our objectives.

The 21-year-old has been capped four times by Italy and has been a regular in the midfield for Cagliari this season in the Serie A.