Barcelona's Arda Turan has taken a cheeky swipe at Arsenal.

The Turkish playmaker was heavily linked with the Gunners while he was with Atletico Madrid last season before landing a contract with Spanish giants Barcelona in July.

Turan, who only made his Barca debut in January due to the club's transfer embargo, suggests that he knew he could always make the move to Arsenal as a second thought if he did not perform well enough to impress the Catalan powerhouse.

"I felt that I would sign for Barca," the 29-year-old told Diari Ara.

"In all honesty I used to think, 'If I play very well I will end up signing for Barca, because my style fits into this team. If I play well, I will end up at Arsenal'.

"Because of my style with the ball, playing simple, short, aggressively when needs be, but above all with high quality, I knew that I could make it at Barcelona."