This player they didn't want and who will spend all his time on the bench has been given the #4 shirt, even though it was already allocated. Not sure why they bought him at all, obviously they don't want him there.
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This player they didn't want and who will spend all his time on the bench has been given the #4 shirt, even though it was already allocated. Not sure why they bought him at all, obviously they don't want him there.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14482418.stmQuote:
Cesc Fabregas is officially a Barcelona player after signing a five-year contract with the European champions.
The former Arsenal captain, 24, was paraded in front of 30,000 Barca fans in the Nou Camp after passing two medicals on Monday.
Arsenal will receive a guaranteed £30m transfer fee, with a further £5m dependent on the number of games played and trophies won.
The buy-out clause in the midfielder's contract is 200m euros.
The World Cup winner, who returns to the club he left as a 16-year-old in 2003, will wear the number four shirt.
According to the Barcelona website, Fabregas passed the medicals with ease.
"All the tests taken have been satisfactory," said Barcelona first-team doctor Ricard Pruna, who said Fabregas "can be integrated into training without any problem".
The finalisation of the Fabregas deal brings to an end one of the most protracted transfer sagas in recent football history.
"We have lost a world-class player," said Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger on Monday. "We are sad about it because we tried to keep him."
News of a deal to take Fabregas back to Spain was confirmed at half-time of the first leg of Barcelona's Spanish Super Cup match against Real Madrid on Sunday, which ended 2-2.
Commenting on what he described as "very tough" negotiations, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said Fabregas had benefited greatly from his time at Arsenal, adding: "Cesc grew up with Barcelona but he became a huge player thanks to Wenger and Arsenal."
Fabregas trained with his Arsenal team-mates for the final time on Friday morning and was not part of Wenger's squad for Saturday's Premier League opener against Newcastle, which finished 0-0.
He had missed the club's summer tour of Asia as well as other pre-season games, including the Emirates Cup, because of a hamstring injury.
The Spaniard, who has 58 caps for his country, made 303 appearances for the Gunners during his eight-year spell in north London, scoring 57 goals in all competitions.
In October 2003, he became Arsenal's youngest first-team player when he made his debut against Rotherham United in the Carling Cup aged 16 years and 177 days.
He also became the club's youngest goalscorer when he netted against Wolves in a 5-1 win that December.
Fabregas was part of the Arsenal team that beat Manchester United on penalties to win the 2005 FA Cup, which turned out to be his only major trophy with the Gunners.
He went on to become Arsenal captain in November 2008.
Striker Robin van Persie is likely to take over as the new permanent Arsenal skipper, although he will be suspended for the Champions League qualifier against Udinese on Tuesday after being shown a red card against Barcelona in the Champions League last season.
Bye Robin, oh well.Quote:
Striker Robin van Persie is likely to take over as the new permanent Arsenal skipper
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Originally Posted by Save me Jeebus!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/9564751.stmQuote:
Barcelona reveal that Cesc Fabregas has a 200m euro (£175m) buy-out clause in his newly-signed five-year contract with the club.
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Cesc Fabregas on Arsene Wenger: "I'll never have enough words to thank him for all he's done for me. I'll never forget him. I don't think he has such a good image here, he has been portrayed as something he's not, in my opinion. I can't express my admiration for him strongly enough, I owe it to him that I am here."
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Analysis: Dan Roan,
BBC sports news correspondent
Arsenal have lost one of their most talented ever players, but Fabregas's departure will provoke as much relief as it does disappointment among the club's fans. The way he and Barcelona bullied Arsenal into submission reflected poorly on both. Arsenal deserved better and it is now time for them to move on. Finding a replacement for Fabregas (and soon Samir Nasri) will not be easy, and one wonders how much damage this saga has done to Arsene Wenger's motivation
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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
I owe it to him that I am here
Sums it up.
They keep including the £5mill "compensation" in the figure. That is not part of the transfer fee. The transfer fee is what Barca pay Arsenal for the player. If Fabregas has waived money he hasn't even received yet that has nothing to do with what Barcelona paid us. That's between us and Fabregas and he obviously had to give it up to make the deal happen. Plus it's over 4 years anyway.Quote:
Arsenal will receive a guaranteed £30m transfer fee
£175m?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
fuckin hell :ilt:
and messi has a clause for 250m euros, so it means f all
Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, now Fabregas. Untouchable.