Fabregas has long been linked with a return to Barca, the club where he learned his trade as a youngster before moving to the Gunners seven years ago and the Catalan giants had a £29million (35million euros) offer for the Spain international rejected last week.
Reports on Monday suggested Arsenal are now prepared to accept an offer - if Barca increase their bid to £58million (70million euros).
However, Oliver insists they have heard nothing from the Barclays Premier League club.
"They said they would not sell, it's logical therefore that they have not set a price for him," he said as he left a Barcelona board meeting.
"We made a formal offer. The only official response we have from Arsenal is that they are not ready to sell the player, for which it would be difficult for them to be putting a price when they say they are not selling."
Oliver was keen to remind the public that in Barca's favour is Fabregas' "desire to come" and claims the 23-year-old "would want to sort it all out" as soon as possible.
He claims Barca are ready to complete the deal immediately but admits it will be impossible without either the green light from Arsenal or Fabregas forcing his club's hand.
"On our part, after having made an offer we are ready to sign the deal this very morning," Oliver continued.
"We still have time to do it, but it is a deal we can not do just by ourselves."
The 23-year-old is under contract to Arsenal until 2015 but last month reiterated his desire to head back to Barca.
Meanwhile, Yaya Toure's agent Dimitri Seluk claims the Ivory Coast midfielder could form part of the deal to bring Fabregas back to the Nou Camp.
Toure has long been linked with a move to England with Manchester City, captained by older brother Kolo, thought to be leading the race for his signature.
City's cross-town rivals Manchester United are also reportedly interested, while Kolo's former club Arsenal have been monitoring him for several years.
Seluk revealed last week that a move to the Barclays Premier League was all but a done deal and hinted Toure was set for a move to Eastlands, something he now feels is not the case.
"There's a lot of interest in the deal (for Toure)," Seluk told Rac-1. "Arsene Wenger likes him and Arsenal are interested.
"If the conditions are good, everything can be finished soon.
"He could come into the Cesc deal and Barca and Arsenal are struggling to come to an agreement.
"Everything has changed with City, because they talk a lot but then afterwards they don't appear to be a rich club but rather a bankrupt one."
Barca confirmed today they had slapped a 35million euro price-tag on Toure, something which Seluk last week insisted was too high.
Toure was a key member of the Barca side that lifted six trophies in 2009 and he extended his stay at the Nou Camp only last summer, but he appeared to fall out of favour in the latter part of the season.
Barca president Joan Laporta is resigned to letting Toure go, and feels Arsenal must be prepared to do the same with Fabregas.
He said: "If a player of this characteristics, who also has the privilege of being Arsenal captain, announces to the club that he understands his time there has come to an end and he wants to continue his career at a club like Barca...
"I always want players in my club who want to be there and they should have that commitment.
"If a player shows legitimately that he does not want to be at Barca, immediately I open the doors and defend the interests of the club, but I try to reconcile them with those of the player and the buying club."
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