Denilson was alleged to have said that current skipper, Fabregas was not a 'born leader', but Wenger was quick to douse fire on rumours of a rift saying the two players are good friends. "The report is coming back from Brazil and is not at all the spirit of the comment that was made. Either you have bad translators or good translators with a bad spirit."
"Denilson and Fabregas are two very good friends and have a lot of respect for each other. Cesc is our captain and Robin van Persie our vice-captain and we have many leaders in our team.
"We have a shared leadership in our team but I believe Fabregas is an outstanding leader, especially when you consider he's 23 years old, with personality and character, and Van Persie as well," the former Monaco boss said.
"I believe what is important in the way we want to play football is that everyone takes responsibility."
Fabregas too chose not to dwelve too much into the issue, saying he understands the Brazilian's situation. "I've been in his [Denilson's] situation before, just a misunderstanding."
Denilson also quickly took back his comments saying he was mis quoted and did not mean to say anything that would damage spirit back in the dressing room.
"I was misquoted. I have talked with Fabregas and everything is resolved. Fabregas is a great friend," said the midfielder. "When I said the team had no leadership it was to point out that Arsenal have a very young squad and sometimes lack a more experienced person, as it had for many years with Gilberto Silva, for example."
"I am a shy guy, I do not like controversy and problems. I was misquoted. I have talked with Fabregas and everything is resolved. We are fighting for the English title and it will not take away our focus." said the former Brazilian under 17 skipper.
Wenger was quick to shift the focus back on the team, saying he was very happy with their recent performance. "The team goes from strength to strength and we have shown again we are hungry," he said.
"This gives us a good opportunity to play at home against Huddersfield - of course we will be favourites and I think we had that in mind.
"We got a warning in the first game and learned that lesson - that showed my players are intelligent and that is a good sign. I had super quality on the bench, too, and that helps especially when the legs get tired," he said.
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