I am probably gonna get flamed into oblivion for this but I am not too worried about this cos if you think about where Cesc is from, sports probably the two most glamourous clubs sides in the world, factor into this that it is his home country, and it's pretty easy to see why he has made no secret of the fact that he wants to go back there to see out his career probably at the age of 25 while he's still in his prime, when he still has two years left on his contract so that we'll see a decent fee for him after 9 years of loyal service!
I don't think that there could've been anything too untoward happening otherwise we wouldn't have heard about it, Real are obviously aware of his intention to return to La Liga and are probably askin him to keep them in mind, cos everyone assumes he's goin to return to Barca, AW has always been aware of Cesc's future plans, hence the unusual 8yr deal!
Anyway anybody in the game will tell you that tapping up goes on all the time and always has done altho clubs only seem to kick up a stink, when one of their top players is tapped up by a serious rival (and Sp*rs

) it's a grey area where European rivals are concerned, even Chelsea only got a slap on the wrist even tho they were caught red handed, I mean the fact that they held the meeting in a bar in a London hotel sez it all!
Even Taggart's never done tappin our players up, most prominently, two of our most legendary captains no less, in PV4 and TA with him famously telling big Tone that he was actually a Utd player wearin the wrong shirt!
Don't get me wrong I hope things progress sufficiently enough at the Grove that Cesc changes his mind and stays, but the most important thing is that he gives 110% on the pitch while he is there cos that is surely the one and only true test of his longing, cos he has certainly shown the Arsenal spirit by gettin into rucks with opposin players and verbals with opposin managers most notably the one-liner he hit Mark Hughes with

and it's when that changes you can start to question his commitment!