Someone kill him asapCESC FABREGAS has told his Arsenal team-mates: I'll never play for the Gunners again.
The wantaway skipper made the shock admission as pre-season training started this week.
Barcelona have offered £31.6million for Fabregas, but Arsenal want £40m.
Fabregas is anxious for the deal to go through before Sunday as he does not want to travel with Arsenal on their tour of Malaysia and China.
Barca director Javier Bordas said last night: "It's true the player is making gestures to come to Barcelona."
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Why is it a 'shock admission'?![]()
This really needs to be sorted out before we go on our pre-season tour to Asia. If this isn't settled by then, it'll seriously disrupt our preparations, with article after article being published about Cesc to Barca, which can't be good for the squad morale. Hopefully we sell Cesc as soon as possible, and get a top quality replacement in sharpish. Then we can finally concentrate on the players who want to play for the club.
And I don't buy the argument that Cesc is innocent in all this. He could have clarified his position on countless occasions, but has kept silent, which has simply added fuel to the fire and stimulated more inference and innuendo. I think he could easily have told his Barca friends to stop commenting on his future, because it risked destabilising the club, but the fact that players like Xavi, Iniesta etc keep talking about Cesc's desire to leave suggests that Cesc hasn't told them to keep quiet, and may even be encouraging these remarks, to force Arsenal's hand and weaken our position, therefore making it easier for Cesc to leave on a reduced fee.
What can Cesc really do? He can ask Xavi and co. to STFU but what if the higher ups at Barca are instructing them to do the dirty work? Are they going to listen to Cesc or the people paying their paycheck?
I understand why Cesc wants to leave. He has carried dead log around him for 6 of his 8 years at Arsenal. He has paid his dues and IMO doing everything the right way. He is not commenting because he is stuck in a dilemma. He wants to leave the team but he doesnt want to disrespect Arsenal, so what better thing to do than to shut up?
I wish we can sort this out but unfortunately it wont be. AW and the board should be decisive enough to tell the players and the clubs interested in them to do business by August 1 or forget about signing them unless they are ready to pay way over the top. Of course that wont be happening because this is the 'waiting period' for all clubs![]()
Cesc is in no way innocent in this. He's acted a cunt throughout with all his pining and shit and his unprofessionalism on the pitch where he's been absolute shite for 18 months. Maybe had he actually given a fuck during those 18 months, we'd have a trophy to show for it. I don't give a fuck if he goes but I don't want him to go for peanuts which Wenger will no doubt sell him for
I dunno, I think the amount he'd played without a break, weakening his hammies had for more of an effect on his form than him daydreaming about Xavi whilst he meanders around our midfield. I don't think he's whiter than white over all this but he's still pretty professional on the pitch.