Fabregas goes to Barca for £35million

[Elreactor]

So this club is not good on business terms either. First it decays football-wise, now it´s not even a good enterprise. Everyone if fucking everything up, both squad and profit making.

The Emirates stadium should be empty for the season, just as a sign from those of you who usually go there and put part of your daily efforts on it.

This is laughable.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

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.

Nope Barca Put Pressure on us and as usual we bottled in the the last minuite, when We should have had the game sorted long time ago. No Wonder why the mentality of the players are weak when the Manager and the Board Menatily is week and seem to give up and soon as pressure is applied heavy.

[Marc Overmars]

Nope Barca Put Pressure on us and as usual we bottled in the the last minuite, when We should have had the game sorted long time ago. No Wonder why the mentality of the players are weak when the Manager and the Board Menatily is week and seem to give up and soon as pressure is applied heavy.

I never really bought the notion that we held all the aces in this deal. We might have been telling them to pay what we want or fuck off (which was the right thing to do) but it looked like they were doing exactly the same to us, by saying we don't think he's worth anymore than x amount and refusing to budge from there. They knew if this deal didn't happen they would have been able to move on no problem, which couldn't be said for us. At the end of the day we had a player who desperately wanted to go to this club and the situation became untenable for us. Yes he had a contract here but there is really not much point in keeping a player who has no interest in playing for the team anymore.

If we were dealing with any other top club we would have hit our 40m no problem. It's because Barca think they had a divine right to get him, like he was theirs anyway, so they were adamant the deal would be done on their teams. Utterly cuntish but there you go.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I never really bought the notion that we held all the aces in this deal. We might have been telling them to pay what we want or fuck off (which was the right thing to do) but it looked like they were doing exactly the same to us, by saying we don't think he's worth anymore than x amount and refusing to budge from there. They knew if this deal didn't happen they would have been able to move on no problem, which couldn't be said for us. At the end of the day we had a player who desperately wanted to go to this club and the situation became untenable for us. Yes he had a contract here but there is really not much point in keeping a player who has no interest in playing for the team anymore.

If we were dealing with any other top club we would have hit our 40m no problem. It's because Barca think they had a divine right to get him, like he was theirs anyway, so they were adamant the deal would be done on their teams. Utterly cuntish but there you go.

Barca belived because we took the 2 younng spanish boys that 35 was enough, Maybe thesee to will be world class in 5 years then we have the same problems again.

Hope we don't buy any more barca cunts after this.

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't think they were nearly as relaxed about getting him as they were making out. Barcelona's going mad at the prospect of his arrival, there are crowds waiting at the airport apparently. This is big news at their end, the best possible replacement for Xavi and the future of the club for the next 5-7 years. Anyway, £35mill, £40mill, it's not like it's going on players for the team so in the end it makes little odds. Other than to confirm we aren't much good at anything these days. A stark contrast to the horrible rip-off we inflicted on City for the Adebaywhore deal. Let's hope we don't let Nasri go on the cheap because Mancini sounds like he's ready to splash the cash to get his latest mercenary.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

£25m up front with £8m variables

fucking shocking. steal of the century.

[Elreactor]

So it´s not even enough to get Mata, if Wenger wanted. Not even twice the price paid for Oxlade-Who?-Chamberlain.

Incredibile.

[Master Splinter]

We've made a shitload off Barca over the years. They're our Abramovich really. With most of the money going towards the stadium/debts instead of transfers though.

We bought Cesc for about 60p and sold him for around £35m.

We should have got more, but they basically paid a £35m ransom. We did kidnap him after all.

They also paid double figures for Hleb .

[Master Splinter]

If we're being honest, Cesc has been extremely inconsistent over the last three seasons. In 08/09, he was injured for a long period in the new year, forcing us to rely on Denilson and Song in midfield for about three months. When he returned he failed in the big games, like Man Utd in the UCL semi final. In the more physical encounters against teams like Stoke, he disappeared and yet some supporters were blaming Denilson, claiming Cesc was being held back by Denilson's ineptitude.

In 09/10 he was admittedly very good for about 4 months at the start, but again flattered to deceive when it really mattered from March onwards. Our record against the other top 4 teams was shocking, and again our talisman didn't lead by example in those crunch six pointer matches. He again suffered several injuries during this season.

Last season was dreadful, and I genuinely think he didn't give a 100% for us during many matches. Not only did he miss a large chunk of the season through "injury", but when he did play he definitely wasn't leading by example as a captain should. The moment which summed his season up was that casual flick which saw us concede the first goal against Barca, and the way he was totally overwhelmed against Barca's midfield three throughout the second leg.

All in all, I won't be sad to see him go. When he arrived on the scene in 04-05, he was a very exciting player and you could sense that he would go on to become a top player (although weaknesses were evident even back then) He was excellent leading our charge to the UCL final in 05-06, although this covered up some suspect domestic performances that season (especially away from home) His performances in 07-08 rightly received praise, even though his form fell away in the second half of the season, coinciding with our end of season collapse.

Over the 8 years, he's been an inconsistent performer if we're being honest, and although he's obviously a talented player, if he doesn't iron out the flaws in his game, they will be exposed playing in Barca's midfield and he'll have to be content with a place on the bench.

When it comes to his character, well his behaviour this summer (and his performances last season) has lowered my opinion of him as a person tbh.

Sums it up perfectly.

Close this thread now tbh.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Sums it up perfectly.

Close this thread now tbh.

This lol,

Why is it these twats on sky sports go on like its the 1st time he's gone back to barca in 7 years, he goes back every summer.