Fabregas goes to Barca for £35million

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Fabregas, who missed Arsenal's Asia tour to nurse a troublesome hamstring

this may be one reason that we should listen to the next upped offer!?

I saw Pep's press conference and he was very comme si comme sa about the whole thing, a lot of shrugging and saying that we have money put aside for Cesc but if we don't use it for him we will have to use it for something else.......if not this year then next - these are clear signs that Cesc is not the missing link in his view and that what he has is enough.......BTW coming from Pep and his team of stars this is far believable than if it were to come from Wenger and our team of sparklers.

straight swap Cesc and his hamstring for Pep and his vision?

[selassie]

Guardiola has admitted that Fabregas is not their primary target: it is a striker.

I think that you are right Joker. Fabregas has become an embarrassment to them. They have played up the desire to get him back so much that they cannot back down now, despite the realisation that he will not be anything more than a bit player for them (IMO). I suspect that Guardiola would prefer to have Thiago take over from Xavi rather than Fabregas.

As I was writing this, I wondered whether Guardiola is in fact pissed off with all this. If you examine the comments and pronouncements, how many have originated from Guardiola and how many from Barca players (Fabregas friends)? How much influence and involvement has Guardiola had? Can anyone imagine Ferguson, Mourinho or Wenger allowing players dictate which players get bought?

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[Kano]

As I was writing this, I wondered whether Guardiola is in fact pissed off with all this. If you examine the comments and pronouncements, how many have originated from Guardiola and how many from Barca players (Fabregas friends)? How much influence and involvement has Guardiola had? Can anyone imagine Ferguson, Mourinho or Wenger allowing players dictate which players get bought?

well that's exactly it, they aren't dictating. i would imagine the directive comes from within, inclusive of the manager, knowing full well that they can 'get' to the player. in no way are the players dictating who they want as they are most likely following direction from inside the club, including pep.

they want him of course but are trying to do it on the cheap, if they didn't, then why put in a bid of £26mill at all? they are the most glamourous club in the world at the moment, everyone admires them (well, nearly), so with the world at their feet embarrassment is some distance away from their door.

[Penguin]

They're toying with Cesc. If they really wanted him they would have found a way to fund the transfer. They clearly have enough money to go after Sanchez and whoever else they have bid big bucks on but they can't go up to £40m for Cesc? Such bs.

Then they have the nerve to insult us and make us look like the bad guys in the media for not giving in to their pathetic excuse of an offer. It's ridiculous.

[Kano]

Then they have the nerve to insult us and make us look like the bad guys in the media for not giving in to their pathetic excuse of an offer. It's ridiculous.

thats what any smart club with all the power would do. if we get there one day, hopefully we do the same. taking the careful, considered approach only gets you so far nowadays

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully this is resolved before the season starts, the last thing we want is to sell late and end up panic buying with that huge wedge of cash burning a hole in out pockets, we'd get ripped off to the max.

It's pretty fucking annoying because the Cesc and Nasri sagas will dictate what we do in this window and the longer they drag on on the less likely we are to see significant arrivals.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

this.......time for something to happen

would we dare offer him for 40mil - because thats the most we could sensibly get

[Coney]

Barca are full of shit. They have money and do spend it whenever they want a player. If they really wanted Cesc they would have come up with a ~35M offer by now. PHW said they had heard nothing since a 20M offer a month or so back. They can either pay a decent price or they can piss off. All this shit in the press is meaningless bollocks. Cesc has said time and again (and very recently too) that he is happy at the Arsenal and refutes the press speculation. That is not to say that he would not be sold to Barca for the right price but the crap about him being uphappy and desparately wanting to leave right now is horseshit.

[Mr.Singh]

Cesc must feel like a girlfriend who has a boyfriend but he only buys her a cheap neck less from the market but he could go and buy his mistress a nice fancy one from Tiffianys.

[Penguin]

Cesc must feel like a girlfriend who has a boyfriend but he only buys her a cheap neck less from the market but he could go and buy his mistress a nice fancy one from Tiffianys.