The "Where is the Fabregas thread" thread

[Niall_Quinn]

Well for me this is a sad day. Fabregas in a Chelsea shirt! FFS!

He's the Arsenal player I've enjoyed watching the most post Invincible's. Never loses the ball and a killer passer. I have no idea why we've let him join Chelsea, he's better than anything we have in midfield other than Ramsey of 13/14. Premiership proven, knows the club, fans love him, knows Arsene. There's just no risk in signing Fabregas and was a good price as well.

Madness IMO.

Maureen and Fabregas. Eugh!

He wasn't available on a free transfer and apparently he wanted wages too. Plus he wouldn't pay us to join. So it was never really a viable option.

Joking aside, it's another van Cash sized scandal - finances above everything, the heart and essence of the club and the desires of the fans - nowhere. I think eventually it will be the joyless bankers running Arsenal rather then the gypsies, gangsters and Blatters that will make me not want to watch this game any more. Fans are more than ever on the outside, but it's a lot more expensive to be pissed on these days.

[Niall_Quinn]

So who will be runner-up to the chavs this season - obviously they have won it now they have added gold plated quality to the critical areas. We could have stopped part of that and massively helped ourselves in the process but chose to invest in cattle ranches instead.

What does that bloke Kroenke actually do? Has he even bought a round of drinks yet?

Gypos? Scousers? Us, if Vela magically transforms into a world class striker?

[KSE Comedy Club]

Just to add fuel to your fire NQ, there is one story doing the rounds today that, as Vela doesn't want to come back here, we are considering buying him for the £3.5m so that we can sell him on in this window for £15m.

Normally we would all laugh at stories like this, but the way we now seem to operate - anything is possible.

[I am invisible]

Doesn't part of the buy-back clause stipulate that we can't sell him for a year if we activated it? That scenario all seems a bit far-fetched to me anyway (not to mention a pretty shitty thing to do) - I think this is either exactly what it seems, and we're trying to bring him back, or we're negotiating with Sociedad about them buying our share of the rights.

Incidentally, I wouldn't put too much stock in those quotes about Vela not wanting to come back - for one thing they're second-hand quotes that have come from Sociedad's president and not directly from him, and even if they are true, he's also on record as saying that he'd be open to a return, that he thinks he's better prepared to deal with living in England now, and that we'd be stupid not to take him back. Basically he seems to have said something that covers him for every eventuality so far...

[Injury Time]

Doesn't part of the buy-back clause stipulate that we can't sell him for a year if we activated it? That scenario all seems a bit far-fetched to me anyway (not to mention a pretty shitty thing to do) - I think this is either exactly what it seems, and we're trying to bring him back, or we're negotiating with Sociedad about them buying our share of the rights.

Incidentally, I wouldn't put too much stock in those quotes about Vela not wanting to come back - for one thing they're second-hand quotes that have come from Sociedad's president and not directly from him, and even if they are true, he's also on record as saying that he'd be open to a return, that he thinks he's better prepared to deal with living in England now, and that we'd be stupid not to take him back. Basically he seems to have said something that covers him for every eventuality so far...

I imagine any sell on restriction could be waved by the "wishes of the player", I guess any delay in announcement just adds fuel to the embers...or the club stretching this out for our only signing...other than Diaby return...Theo return..secure services of Kallstrom...the Greek kid will be used to offset Wilshire, Ox, Kos, Bif coming home in body bags.

[Syn]

Could this be moved to 'other football'?

That'll show him.

[Penguin]

The impression I got from what Vela said was that he'd be more than happy to come back to us as long as he plays regularly. But he has absolutely no intention of being a bit-part player again - he wants games and he wants them now. If we do bring him back he deserves to be given a real chance this time.

As for buying him just to sell him for a profit, that's fine by me as long as Wenger is nowhere near the negotiations. Keep him focused on our real transfer targets and use the £12m extra to fund them.

[Injury Time]

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Hear...il/story.html?

I always thought NQ would be more daper tbh

[fakeyank]

Good read..

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...-cesc-fabregas

[Niall_Quinn]

Good read..

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...-cesc-fabregas

It is. Nicely summarises the impossibility of raising even a token justification for not taking up the no-brain offer. He forgot the bit about us still being owed money, I think in the end we'd have picked him up for around £20mill. The reduction would have covered the first year's wages. Fucking crazy.