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To be honest, I can't see that happening. If he goes - and he will go - it will be for Barcelona.
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source: thesun.co.uk
To be honest, I can't see that happening. If he goes - and he will go - it will be for Barcelona.
I didn't envision Torres going to Chelsea or Rooney handing in a transfer request questioning our ambition
anything can happen in football, Fabregas going to Chelsea would not surprise me that much to be honest
anything can happen in football, Fabregas going to Chelsea would not surprise me that much to be honest
Stranger things have...
I really really really hope this doesn't happen. Roman buying the league all over again.
Bullshit. He signs for whoever brings the most money to the table.
Translation: Fabregas wants a better contract.
He can have one tomorrow if he wants.
Translation : Fabregas wants a better contract but still wants to go to Barca in the summer.
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there's no quotes from the gasman
to be fair, I could have written that article
I probably did actually
to be fair, I could have written that article
I probably did actually
Maybe we should have a big thread for bollocks transfer stories from bollocks sources and just throw them all in there?
Most of them aren't worth a thread of their own but obviously still generate some interest so it might be beneficial.
Most of them aren't worth a thread of their own but obviously still generate some interest so it might be beneficial.
Did he not recently sign a mega long deal?
It's from the Sun?
With no qoutes...
With no qoutes...
He's contracted til 2015 but if he signed another one it would mean the end of the Barca speculation.
Barca speculation will not cease.
However, it would mean more players queuing at Wenger's door for some sort of parity.
Ryan Giggs on a trike
As somebody else said, stranger things have happened indeed. Its certainly not impossible and if Chelsea dont win something this year, then chances are, they're going to go after top notch performers such as Fabregas.
where does he (if he goes) fit into the Barcalona team?
Busquets gets tossed out the team
Xavi drops back and Fabregas plays just infront of him
the attacking prowress would make up for the lack of protecting the back four
Does that not mean his last one was a bit pointless, then? What makes any newer contract less so?
He doesn't - it would be nonsensical to drop Busquets at the moment for anyone unless it was someone better than him in his position.
That someone doesn't currently exist.
Er, not really since he's still playing for us and we could tell Barca to feck off with their underbids. Clearly if he signed tomorrow that's the Barca game up (my guess is he'll wait til the end of the season and if we win the league he stays for at least another year).
He'll be off to Barcelona in the summer.
I reckon he'll be a United player before the start of next season.
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Nah, it wouldn't. The Arse will always be the consoltation prize to him, as we were tol Ronaldo. I do think he'll stay with you if Barca don't go for him though.
I must have forgotten that I forced you to read this thread or write in it. My bad.
Not sure about that. If Barcelona couldn't afford him, he surely would consider his options. Cesc will turn 24 this year and I can't see Arsenal win any trophies in the short term. There, I said it.
That said, I think it's a dead cert he's going to Barcelona. No matter how bad their financial position is, Cesc Fabregas is one player you'd simply never risk to lose out on. If there was a chance for us to get him for 50 million pounds, I wish we would go for it, but there isn't. Nobody will stop him from moving back to Barcelona.
There's really not much chance he'll move anywhere else in England. The top clubs are level with each other really - Cesc wants to go to Barcelona at some point, and consequently it would be a bit of a long way round if he went to, say, Chelsea or United first. He's got too much respect for us to do that anyway.
I must have forgotten that I forced you to read this thread or write in it. My bad.
I wasn't insulting you?
You yourself rubbished the story and everyone knows the Sun's one of the worst tabloid's going, so I've no idea why you're rolling your eyes at me?
It was just a general suggestion.
Won't happen. Just signed a new deal.
The system relies on a player like Busquets. Fabregas would be the eventual replacement for Xavi, but he looks like he'll go on for a few years yet.
Fabregas faces the same problem as he does with Spain if he goes to Barca. He'll end up there eventually but there's no point sitting on the bench.
Cant see Barca spending that sort of cash on another midfielder anyway. Especially if Chelsea up the bidding.
Since Torres moved it looks like all bets are off. Arsenal will be tempted to sell if the price is right and he may be convinced - you never know.
If a player really wants out, he gets out. Cesc is no different. Binding contracts my arse
Level with each other at what? Winning trophies? Because that's obviously not true, and is the main reason a player of Cesc's calibre would change clubs.
But yeah, I would be incredibly surprised if he went to Chelsea
They'd probably drop Pedro rather than Busquets and move Iniesta up into an advanced wide position. Busquets often drops into the defensive line when the full-backs push forward so there's little value in having Xavi (or Fabregas) perform that role. Not only would their talents both be wasted, but neither has the physique which is particularly suited to that position.
Considering all of the above, I don't see any reason for Barcelona to move for Fabregas before 2012 / 2013 when Xavi might finally be on the wane.
Level in terms of the fact that there's not a massive difference between Arsenal, United and Chelsea in quality at the moment. He wouldn't look upon leaving Arsenal in order to go to one of the other two as a sure-fire way he'd win the PL every other season whilst winning a CL as well. You get the impression with Cesc that he'd rather win the CL, something which he'd struggle to do anywhere in England at the moment.
Fabregas can't get into the Spain team ahead of busquets, xavi or pedro so I don't see how he would displace them from the well balanced barca team
He will sign for barca when it's time for xavi to take his foot off the pedal a bit and he will be a squad player until xavi is in decline which could be years away
He will sign for barca when it's time for xavi to take his foot off the pedal a bit and he will be a squad player until xavi is in decline which could be years away
That's not really true, he's never been a threat to Pedro's position for Spain in the way he would be for Barcelona. Iniesta's already playing wide for Spain so they don't have the option of moving him forward to accommodate Fabregas.
I think that as useful as Pedro has been for Barcelona he'll never be a key player or demand the respect that Fabregas will so there is a good chance he'll be moved out of the way. No chance against Busquets or Xavi though.
Last night though, Barca director Raul Sanllehi said his European champions, who made a £67million loss last season, could no longer afford Fabregas. “Right now it’s dead,” said Sanllehi, who was involved in the protracted negotiations to sign Fabregas after last summer’s World Cup.
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It can't happen
If Barca cough up a ridiculous amount of money, they would have no choice but to play the man, even if it's not working out like they did with Ibra.
The only way I see it happening is by taking out Busquets
Why not take out Pedro and push Ineista wide left like happens at international level?
as much as iniesta is one of my favourite players, he is not as effective as pedro is in a wide forward position (though he can certainly 'do a job' there). Furthermore, guardiola brought pedro through the system and i can't imagine guardiola 'moving' pedro for really anyone. Pedro's age is also a plus compared to iniesta. This is different from the zlatan situation where there was a like for like swap in the system (eto'o out, zlatan in). The basic shape and tactics remained the same. Guardiola isn't like madrid, he wont feck up his whole philosophy to try to shoe horn fabregas by dropping either pedro or busquets permanently.
If fabregas moves to barca, he'll either have to wrestle a position off of iniesta or xavi, or sit on the bench. simples.
If fabregas moves to barca, he'll either have to wrestle a position off of iniesta or xavi, or sit on the bench. simples.