Fabregas goes to Barca for £35million

[Boss]

Wenger tells Xavi to STFU

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has blasted Xavi's comments about Cesc Fabregas, claiming the midfielder has been "very disrespectful" to the club.

Fabregas had indicated last summer that he was keen to return to Barcelona, but Arsenal rejected two bids and stressed that they had no intention of allowing their captain to leave.

It had appeared a move was on the cards this summer when an unnamed Arsenal director told the BBC that Fabregas would be allowed to leave should a suitable bid arrive, but manager Arsene Wenger has since outlined his determination to keep the player at the Emirates.

However, Xavi told the Barcelona website on Wednesday: "I spoke to Cesc in Ibiza and he said he was suffering because he wanted to come. It's more like he did everything he could to come and wants to leave Arsenal - although he made it clear that now everything depends on the selling club.''

When asked about this latest development, the Arsenal manager was not pleased, and replied: "I cannot comment on every comment [involving Fabregas]. What is important is Cesc has a contract with Arsenal, and we want to keep him."

Wenger also did not mince words about Xavi's comments.

"A mutual respect should stand between the two clubs", the manager said. "Xavi has been very disrespectful to Arsenal football club."

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[budesonide]

Wenger tells Xavi to STFU



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Didn't sagna --our own player -- recently say Fabregas wants to leave?

Everyman and his dog gets the idea now -- so why are we getting our knickers in a twist over what cesc's friends are saying?

If they are lying, then cesc should man up and come out and say "Xavi is not my friend and he is an oleaginous scummy dirty catalan arse!" -- case closed.

[Kano]

that should add another £5 mill to the fee me thinks

[budesonide]

that's if we are prepared to keep a sulky uninterested git who is our highest paid player around for 3 years and endure this destabilising saga for the next three summers.

[Kano]

i think the club will and should do. doesn't matter how badly he wants to leave, barca need to understand they cant continue to bully the situation in this way. shut up, pay the cash and he's yours.

and really, how badly do you want the guy? if i was cesc i'd be pissed at barca. they haggle over his fee yet are prepared to slap down more for sanchez after a couple months and risk not getting cesc at all? doesn't seem he's that highly valued.

[budesonide]

well, not really.

as far as he is concerned he just wants to bugger off.

barca are merely exploiting the situation to their advantage -- because guess what, they don't need cesc; but it will great if they get him. The only one suffering is us! It is damaging and destabilizing the longer this goes on -- barca know this.

[Kano]

i don't see how. this has been in the air since last summer. players move all the time and have speculation all the time. they are more than used to hearing about bs and media talking about them and i doubt it affects them at all.

the fans shit themselves for sure thats a different kettle of fish.

[dazthegooner]

We to be fair to Xavi when he made that comment he had his mums cock in his mouth dirty bastard

[budesonide]

except from all indications cesc doesn't give a shit about playing here anymore.

if you go by what wenger recently said about cesc having to decide himself whether his heart is in it or not. Clearly the dude's head is turned now.

[Kano]

except from all indications cesc doesn't give a shit about playing here anymore.

if you go by what wenger recently said about cesc having to decide himself whether his heart is in it or not. Clearly the dude's head is turned now.

that isn't destabilising the club, it's the player only.