Fabregas goes to Barca for £35million

[Niall_Quinn]

I guess Paxman is a real pro, thinking about it, I'd quite like to see that too

Wenger would probably claim he doesn't speak English.

[Power n Glory]

True lol,But just don't listen to the man PnG I just can't mate if i did id want to punch him, just best to switch over when he talks.

He runs my club. Key decisions like this regarding the clubs future, you can't switch off. I want him gone. I shouldn't have to tune out when my manager is talking.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

It amazes me, Barca say they have no money, spend millions on that Sanchez guy (thus effectively laughing in our faces) then still manage to get Cesc on the cheap...truly astounding.

They screwed the club over almost as much as the club screws over the fans.

Should have just sold him at the beginning of the summer then spent the money wisely.

Yep and every time more details come out it gets worse and worse they seen to have fecked us over even more

[Niall_Quinn]

It amazes me, Barca say they have no money, spend millions on that Sanchez guy (thus effectively laughing in our faces) then still manage to get Cesc on the cheap...truly astounding.

They screwed the club over almost as much as the club screws over the fans.

Should have just sold him at the beginning of the summer then spent the money wisely.

Look, in the end this is what Cesc wanted, what else could we do? The player must come first.

[Darth Vela]

Wenger would probably claim he doesn't speak English.

I hope he would then demand Eboue as an interpreter, that would truly be the greatest Newsnight ever.

[RomfordPele]

Source?

That's probably right as well, considering the 29m + add ons is in Euros.

It's all over twitter. Yep, 29m + 10m euros = c.£34m

To be fair, it's Rosell so he'll naturally talk down the fee, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. Should have done the deal in June or told Barcelona to fuck off in June. Absolutely crazy it's come to this.

[Darth Vela]

I dunno, I'd think it would be in Barca's advantage to make the fee seem bigger in a kind of 'look how much money we've got, big signing' yadda yadda, it's what I'd do anyway.

[Marc Overmars]

It's all over twitter. Yep, 29m + 10m euros = c.£34m

To be fair, it's Rosell so he'll naturally talk down the fee, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. Should have done the deal in June or told Barcelona to fuck off in June. Absolutely crazy it's come to this.

Barca have pulled a fast one on us and fair play to them to be honest from a business sense. They didn't want to pay 40m and were incredibly stubborn throughout the saga and now they have their man for the price they were always looking for.

[Elreactor]

Gets worse. Sandro Rosell saying the fee is £25.3m upfront plus £8.7 add-ons for trophies, appearances etc. Farcical.

Gazidis should resign if true.

What the fucking hell are you talking about mate!! Fuck it Wenger you miserable S O B

[RomfordPele]

Barca have pulled a fast one on us and fair play to them to be honest from a business sense. They didn't want to pay 40m and were incredibly stubborn throughout the saga and now they have their man for the price they were always looking for.

So we totally bottled it in the boardroom as well as on the pitch. Great.