ARSENE WENGER was staring into an Arsenal abyss last night after Alex Hleb revealed he is the latest star to quit the club.

Hleb, 27, will buy out the final two years of his contract for £3million and join Inter Milan in the summer.

He follows Mathieu Flamini who snubbed a new Gunners deal to sign for AC Milan on a free.

Boss Wenger also faces a fight to keep Cesc Fabregas after Real Madrid confirmed this week the Spanish star is their No 1 target.

Hlebs agent, Nikolai Shpilevski, revealed the Belarus midfielder gave Wenger the news face- to-face yesterday.

Shpilevski said: Alex is preparing to make one of the most important moves of his life.

He is leaving even though Arsenal want to offer him a new long-term contract.

Only time will tell if it is the right decision but theres no way back now. Everything will be settled in the next two weeks.

Wenger is furious Inter publicly announced they wanted Hleb who cost Gunners £10m three years ago and could report the Italians to FIFA.

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