Alexander Hleb has rejected claims that he has fallen out with the Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger and his team-mate Cesc Fábregas. Reports this morning had Hleb criticising Wenger's tactics and accusing Fábregas of being selfish, but it now appears some of the statements attributed to the player may have come from a misquoted interview he gave to a Belarussian website.

"In some newspapers it was mentioned that I have attacked Arsène Wenger and Cesc Fábregas," said Hleb on his personal website. "This is not true! I would never ever say something disrespectful about them. And there is a simple reason for this: Cesc is a very good friend of mine and Arsène is one of the persons I respect most."

An interview with www.tut.by appears to have been the source of a comment in which Hleb accused Fábregas of being "selfish", but viewed in its proper context was far less damning than many newspapers have made out.

"Cesc and I understand each other very well on the field," said Hleb in the original interview. "It is very, very pleasurable for me to play with him. He's a very pleasant guy both in life and as a footballer. He is just more egoistic in goal-scoring opportunities, if he had a chance to score, he always used it, unlike me."

"I am grateful to Wenger for everything he has done for me," he added of his manager. "He is the best coach in my career. And not just a coach. He is a very good man and intuitive psychologist. I very much appreciate his support."

Hleb is still expected to leave Arsenal this summer, with Barcelona his most likely destination after he admitted a fondness for the club. Nevertheless, he insisted that there was "no better club" in the Premier League, and admitted it would be hard to walk away.

"I talked to [Wenger] twice before the end of the season. It is also not that easy for me to leave this club, because it has become my home. I think he is upset, though it is better to ask him, maybe he is glad."

He also rejected reports that he had spoken to Internazionale officials before Arsenal's Champions League win over Milan at the San Siro.

"It's all rubbish, people made up some ice cream story," he insisted. "Really, I only gave away tickets, as the son of my agent Nikolai Shpilevski came to the match, I passed on tickets for him through these people. They were not Inter representatives. I have spoken to Wenger about this numerous times. We have a normal relationship."