Cesc Fabregas
As interest from Barcelona seems to have cooled, albeit momentarily, reports are emerging that José Mourinho may be looking at the possibility of bringing Cesc Fabregas to the Santiago Bernabéu.
ESPNSoccernet have quoted Arsène Wenger as saying:
“There was an interest from Barcelona last year which I won’t hide. This year there hasn’t (yet) been an interest.
“My no. 1 wish is to keep Fabregas – for me he is the best midfielder in the world and we naturally built the team around him.”
Reports emerging over the last few days in Spain suggest that Fabregas is unhappy at the lack of trophies at Arsenal and could try to force a move back to his childhood club (Barca), not to Real. I would imagine that if Cesc really wanted to leave he would almost definitely force a move back to Barcelona rather than move to Real Madrid.
El Mundo Deportivo reported that Jose Angel Sanchez (Technical Director at Real Madrid) has been told that in the event that Fabregas does try to force a move, Arsenal would only consider selling him abroad – ruling out the possibility of a move to Manchester City or Chelsea.
In my opinion, if Cesc were smart he would not leave Arsenal until he has won another major trophy. He has played for 7 years in North London, but has little to show for it. Even if he did move this summer, a move to Real would be stupid. They already have a plethora of technically gifted midfielders, so much so that Kaka struggles to keep a regular place in the starting line-up (although this could be argued that it is due to injury).
A move to Barcelona would seem much more likely. Barcelona’s midfield are getting older and (at only 24 years old) Fabregas could walk into their team in a few years. However, if he were to join this summer, he would spend a lot of time on the bench because he is unlikely to displace Xavi and Iniesta.
My thoughts are almost parallelled by Arsène Wenger, who made it clear that he will not let Cesc go without a fight:
“I expect him to be here, and I will fight very hard to keep him here. You have always to fight when you have a player of that quality. You must always fight to keep your players.
“A player who changes his club every time he is frustrated or when he doesn’t win a trophy, goes nowhere. I believe the quality of sports life is to be committed to your club and not just to move out when it does not go as well as you expected.”
Likeliness Rating: Real Madrid 1/5, Barcelona 3/5
Fabregas should go back home so we can finally sign a world class player that actually wants to play 4 Arsenal
The saga surrounding Fabregas will never end until he returns to his native city. The unsettling and continuing tapping up by Barcelona, its players and the Spanish media is a disgrace which should stop.
As for the player, his form towards the end of last season was worrying. Whether it was due to injury or not being “with it,” mentally, I do not know.
On balance, I feel we should let him go…….at market value.
If he stays at the Emirates, I think it should not be as Captain. Fabregas leads by quiet example when the team needs a tough no-nonsense leader, able to cajole and urge his men on and fight to the death to avoid defeat. With the best will in the world, Fabregas is not in that sort of role. No disrespect to him.
aint it odd!, at 2pm there was no interest for cesc, 2 hours later real madrid say they are still interested in him, crazy! also if arsene is going to do everything he can to keep cesc at arsenal, why oh why is there a 50million price tag on him,. surely if you dont want someone to leave who is under contract, you dont advertise him with a price. cesc should not go anywhere but barca, as thats where he wants to go, we cannot sell him to their biggest rivals even if it makes us more money. cesc doesnt want to go to madrid, he would rather stay at arsenal. so why do other clubs bother, as hes with us or barca. simples.
I tink we av add enough of fabregas.Let him GO if he wnts 2.Good ridance 2 bad rubbish
Arsenal are drek – why would he want to stay? Wenger is a deluded clown – let him go for fucks sake to a decent team..
Ways this about a 50
I remember an interview with Fabregas a few years back where he was saying that if he ever played for Real Madrid his family would disown him! I can’t see this happening to be honest….
I really getting p??s off with this continuing saga every season regarding Arsenal players, Anelka, Veira, Henry, Petit, Flamini, Adebayor and Cesc the flipping list just keep on going. Just sell him to Barcelona he will eventually go anyway, just like the other players mention here. To me, Arsenal is only a feeder club for these other big clubs, we get them when they are young and unknown and then turn them into major stars. Next it will be Clichy and Nasri – totally sick off it!
fab pls don’t go we have get replacement for you
Jose you are wasting your time, if Cesc goes anywhere it will be Barcelona and I doubt he`ll go there this coming season.
i will take 35m 4 fabregas and run if barcelona dont up their bid like last summer take the money and sing qpr taraat 10m for the left wing nasri through the midddle
we can sell him an invest in taraat 10m gervinho 11m samba 10m lucho ganzales 12? it would not be the end of arsenal so time to move on cesc
Let him go to reveal as the best midfielder in the world