Fabregas goes to Barca for £35million

[selassie]

If the story is true and Cesc really is off then that's another 35million wiped off the debt.

I'd be extremely surprised if Arsene spends any of the money recouped from Cesc on the squad. Wilshire & Ramsey will replace Cesc, Rosicky & Diaby can also do a job there (in Arsene's eyes).

The squad is pretty much set for this season (in Arsene's eyes) IMHO. I think his last piece of work is trying to convince Nasri to sign the contract.

[GP]

Who am I misquoting? The BBC said 'around £35m'. I didn't see the bit about £30m rising to £35m depending on performance although I don't see that being a problem. We may have said £40m but we could say One Billion Pounds :DrEvil:, us saying it doesn't mean he's worth that or that we'll get it. We have a player who doesn't want to play for us and who will only sign for one club. It makes our position weaker than if there were a bidding war over him.
It's certainly enough money to buy 2 decent players and IMO that would leave us overall stronger IF they're the right players.



So what are you suggesting we do? We keep a player whose heart isn't in it and then next summer we have all this again, and next year with another less year on his contract making our position even weaker?

IMO it's time to get rid and I'll bear him no ill if he goes. £30-35m is about right in the circumstances.

[Ralpheroo72]

Cesc can fuck off IMO. Those that think he is loyal are deluded. Make no mistake, he hasnt said he wants a move officially, but everything he has done behind the scenes points towards not giving a flying fuck about Arsenal. He has been the shittest captain that I can remember, can you even put him in the same company of Adams? No, I think not! Get rid, and please, no more homesick Spaniards!

[Letters]

Cesc can fuck off IMO. Those that think he is loyal are deluded. Make no mistake, he hasnt said he wants a move officially, but everything he has done behind the scenes points towards not giving a flying fuck about Arsenal. He has been the shittest captain that I can remember, can you even put him in the same company of Adams? No, I think not! Get rid, and please, no more homesick Spaniards!

Of course, you've only ever had one job because you're far too loyal to think about going anywhere else.
He's not been a great captain but he's been no worse than Gallas or Henry were (as captain).

[AKBapologist]

Not really bothered about cesc. Issue with barca for being cunts, and Wenger for being so crap with transfers.

[Niall_Quinn]

Who am I misquoting? The BBC said 'around £35m'. I didn't see the bit about £30m rising to £35m depending on performance although I don't see that being a problem. We may have said £40m but we could say One Billion Pounds :DrEvil:, us saying it doesn't mean he's worth that or that we'll get it. We have a player who doesn't want to play for us and who will only sign for one club. It makes our position weaker than if there were a bidding war over him.
It's certainly enough money to buy 2 decent players and IMO that would leave us overall stronger IF they're the right players.



So what are you suggesting we do? We keep a player whose heart isn't in it and then next summer we have all this again, and next year with another less year on his contract making our position even weaker?

IMO it's time to get rid and I'll bear him no ill if he goes. £30-35m is about right in the circumstances.

Get out of it. We had ALL the cards. For all their bluster Barca were desperate to sign him, unless chasing a player and having your whole squad tap him up over two years in just a series of coincidences. He's on a long contract. We'd named him in the CL squad, we didn't even need the money. And there's no way Fabregas was going to fuck himself by sulking out the season, he was playing it both ways - hence his silence. What happened here is we bent over and got fucked. You can't spin it any other way. All the bullshit about keeping players who don't want to be here, so what? Fuck them. If they have a contract then that's the end of the argument. We are so fucking weak, from top to bottom. A silent owner who won't spend money, a board that fights itself more than the opposition, a clueless manager who has been fucking up for 6 years and a bunch of spineless kids who collapse at the first signs of pressure. Now we have fans saying it's a good idea to let our players go because, "They don't want to be here", or 4th is acceptable or winning isn't everything. WTF is wrong with this club? Wenger disease is running rampant.

I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd tell Barca the price was a £40mill bargain and fuck off if you won't pay it - you have until next Wednesday in the 89th minute of the game at which time Fabregas will be brough onto the pitch. Then I'd tell them they are a bunch of slimy tapping-up cunts and we'll see them in the CL league this year at which point they will get a right arse kicking, either in football terms or if that doesn't work out, physically. Then I'd sort out the fucking defence buy buying 2 from Cahill, Jagielka and Samba - just pay the fucking money, end of. Then I'd sign a LB, again just pay the fucking money. Next a goalkeeper with experience, essential if we are serious about competing WHICH WE SHOULD BE btw! That's the whole point of the game! Trying to win. Then I'd sell that cunt Chamakh and get rid of Vela and buy two PL strikers, a couple of stop-gaps would do for now. Then I'd sack Wenger and get a manager who knows how to motivate the players, doesn't talk utter shit all the time, knows how to win and wants to win, isn't a tight arse, puts football first, doesn't take shit from the players and expects to get the boot if he doesn't deliver. Of course I'd have to do all this in a week whereas Wenger has had six years. Jeez, if not now then when is it time to sort out the problems? You think RvP and Jack won't be next out the door if we don't sort this out? What are we going to say when that happens? "Well, if they don't want to be here..." Nobody is going to want to be here if the club keeps on with its cuntish, tight arse policies. Apart from Chamakh, that cunt will be here. And Diaby and Squillaci, I'm sure they'll be happy to stay. Do you not see where we're heading? All for the want of a bit of leadership on and off the pitch. It's crazy.

Anyway, our totally disloyal (as in on strike since the tail end of last season) captain is gone. Time to repeat the same mistakes all over again by expecting a couple of kids to keep us up amongst the top dogs.

[Niall_Quinn]

Of course, you've only ever had one job because you're far too loyal to think about going anywhere else.
He's not been a great captain but he's been no worse than Gallas or Henry were (as captain).

Yet again, it's NOT just a job. We are not talking about till staff at Sainsburys here.

[GunnerFan4Life]

I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd tell Barca the price was a £40mill bargain and fuck off if you won't pay it - you have until next Wednesday in the 89th minute of the game at which time Fabregas will be brough onto the pitch.

YES MY SON!

agree with it all!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Except for the fact he would only be unavailable to play for Barcelona in the group stages of the Champions League. Hardly devastation for him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Except for the fact he would only be unavailable to play for Barcelona in the group stages of the Champions League. Hardly devastation for him.

Who knows? Chances are they are going to the final again, I doubt he'd want to sit it out if he could avoid it. It was ONE card amongst several, but we folded anyway so it's neither here nor there I suppose. We move on, let's get some abject shite in to replace him, preferably someone very cheap because we don't have any money after all those years of making a profit on our transfer dealings. The Toure/ Whore cash vanished this probably will too.