Chelsea reach agreement to sign Cesc Fábregas

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Chelsea are a dark horse. I can see Mourinho wanting to transition to 4-3-3 and Fabregas will be perfect for him in that set up.
 
The guys who pull the strings at Barcelona are absolute idiots. That's Thiago and now Fabregas leaving while Xavi remains painfully past his best without a replacement? That and completely ignoring their woeful, embarrassing defence. Whoever makes the decisions needs their balls booted.

Maybe they're sorting wages in descending order on Excel and working from there
 
lads i wouldnt start doing cart wheels just yet. two days ago it was koke, now fabregas. The papers have to write about something to sell.
 
With lampard gone wouldnt be surprised to see him go to chelsea but I think there was a bit of an issue with him and mour a couple of years ago.

Where will this go? City. They'll do a swap of some kind with toure
 
It seems more than likely he will be returning to the PL this season.

We should go all out for him (again).
 
He definitely won't join Chelsea given the animosity between himself and Mourinho. I would say we have a greater chance in signing him than them solely for that reason alone.
 
With that 30 million release clause, I doubt he will pick us. Arsenal signed Ozil for about 40 million, I don't think they have any problem to spend 30 million for Cesc. So most likely Arsenal will sign him. Or even Chelsea. So I won't put my hope on this.
 


Seriously? Like what the feck...

Why is that such a surprise. They have Champions League football, are a big club, need a CM to replace gerrard, are looking for world class talent and £30 million they can afford. Makes sense that they would be interested in Fabregas.
 
Why is that such a surprise. They have Champions League football, are a big club, need a CM to replace gerrard, are looking for world class talent and £30 million they can afford. Makes sense that they would be interested in Fabregas.
Not a chance they will replace him, not even after The Slip.
 
Why is that such a surprise. They have Champions League football, are a big club, need a CM to replace gerrard, are looking for world class talent and £30 million they can afford. Makes sense that they would be interested in Fabregas.

It makes sense yes and yes they are a big club but people seem to throw this "champs league football" tag around to much.. are Liverpool really a much better pull than us just because they have cl football next year when they might not the year after?
 
Why is that such a surprise. They have Champions League football, are a big club, need a CM to replace gerrard, are looking for world class talent and £30 million they can afford. Makes sense that they would be interested in Fabregas.
Louis Van Gaal > Brenton Rodgers. We can also offer more wages than Liverpool. We have Mata and De Gea for company here as well. Pool has a bunch of English players. We have also Van Persie who he is buddy-buddy with.
 
He doesn't want to play for Manchester United, and I do not want him here. He is not needed. I really hope people are not thinking that he might sign with us.

If Arsenal want him back,he will go there.

Ozil and Fabregas in back to back summers for Arsenal. Not bad.
 
It makes sense yes and yes they are a big club but people seem to throw this "champs league football" tag around to much.. are Liverpool really a much better pull than us just because they have cl football next year when they might not the year after?
Agreed, especially considering they've been pretty shit for the past four years and there's no chance they're gonna drop Gerrard, regardless of how far he regresses in the next season. Whilst the rival fans of the top teams in England seem adamant we're awful now and we'll be relegated within the season, other fans and teams across different leagues just think we've had an off season and we'll be back next year.
 
i don't get yesterday the barcalona president says he isnt leaving, today everyone is convinced he's leaving? ......HUH????
 
It makes sense yes and yes they are a big club but people seem to throw this "champs league football" tag around to much.. are Liverpool really a much better pull than us just because they have cl football next year when they might not the year after?
I don't understand it either.I would have thought top players like Fabregas would value the higher chance of winning the CL over one year of extra participation.I definately think we have a greater chance of winning the CL in the next 5 years than Liverpool or Arsenal.
 
Worry not, gents. If he opts against a return to Arsenal, then we've got the best man for the job ensuring that this move goes ahead.

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It makes sense yes and yes they are a big club but people seem to throw this "champs league football" tag around to much.. are Liverpool really a much better pull than us just because they have cl football next year when they might not the year after?
They might not but they are more likely than us to do so. The notion that van Gaal is just going to walk in and deliver Champions League football at the expense of Liverpool is bizarre when they finished on 84 points last season and blew teams out of the park with their attacking football. We are currently a bigger question mark than Liverpool in terms of league positions next year.
Louis Van Gaal > Brenton Rodgers. We can also offer more wages than Liverpool. We have Mata and De Gea for company here as well. Pool has a bunch of English players. We have also Van Persie who he is buddy-buddy with.
And Fergie > Mr Nobody at Chelsea when they signed Hazard. Agreed that we have good players like Mata, De Gea and RvP to persuade him to come here whereas Liverpool don't. Would also like to think we could offer more wages but I think Suarez is on a pretty massive deal at Pool currently.

Hopefully we are interested £30 million is a great price and we have been crying out for quality in CM for so long.
 
Our investment could be about £15m, given they still owe us money for Song.
That's a daft way to look at things. At some point they'll have to pay you what they owe, so your investment would still be £30mil.

If I owe you £20 and I'm selling something for £50, and you say "I'll give you £30 and we're even" it's still cost you £50.

Are you sure you're not a Scouser?
 
Would love him here but I'm getting a funny feeling if Toure ends up leaving City, Fabregas will get offered big money and go there.
 
They might not but they are more likely than us to do so. The notion that van Gaal is just going to walk in and deliver Champions League football at the expense of Liverpool is bizarre when they finished on 84 points last season and blew teams out of the park with their attacking football. We are currently a bigger question mark than Liverpool in terms of league positions next year.

I by no means think just because we have LVG now we will go on and sweep all before us next season but this notion that suddenly after one good season in what, 4/5 Liverpool are more attractive than us to players just because they can offer CL football when let's be honest, we'll offer them a lot more in everything else.
 
Liverpool don't need to drop Gerrard if Fabregas is signed. Most likely no substance to these rumours though/a load of bollocks.
 
He's not a Mourinho type of player and Liverpool have no chance. If he's leaving it's to Arsenal or to us.
 
He's not a Mourinho type of player and Liverpool have no chance. If he's leaving it's to Arsenal or to us.

Wouldn't rule out Liverpool too when they can offer CL football and we can't. There's always City as well.
 
I by no means think just because we have LVG now we will go on and sweep all before us next season but this notion that suddenly after one good season in what, 4/5 Liverpool are more attractive than us to players just because they can offer CL football when let's be honest, we'll offer them a lot more in everything else.
I have not said they are more attractive than us, just that they should not be arrogantly dismissed as some club like Everton or Spurs. If Fergie was here it wouldn't even be a debate but we were very badly damaged last year in pretty much every way possible.
 
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