Reports had suggested Inter held discussions with the 26-year-old Belarus international ahead of Arsenal's Champions League clash with AC Milan at the San Siro in Italy.

However, Inter rejected the claims in a statement released on their club website, www.inter.it.

It read: "With regard to yesterday's report in La Stampa newspaper and today's articles in the British press, carried also by Italian news agencies, FC Internazionale denies having met with the player Alexander Hleb, and has received no letter of complaint from Arsenal."