Cesc: Barca don’t want you as much as they wanted Ibra
495 comments July 16th, 2010
The tug of war over Cesc Fabregas looks close to ending – for this summer, at least. Barca President Sandro Rossell told Catalan TV3:
“Arsenal feels very hurt by Barca. They don’t want to listen to offers or sell and they are not putting the player on the market. There was a strong dispute a few months ago and they have not forgotten it.
He will arrive, even if it is not now, it will be next year. We will see. One thing that is certain is that we will not go mad trying to sign him.
No shareholder would pay €60 or €70 million for him. We will not go all out for him. We would only pay his value in the transfer market.”
Do you hear that Cesc? They “will not go all out” for you. They want you, but not as much as they wanted Ibrahimovic. That, surely, is the final insult. I can think of a million things I want more than Ibrahimovic, and some of them are venereal diseases.
If Barca aren’t prepared to go beyond the €50m they claim they have to spend, then Fabregas will spend the season in London. And despite his repeated desire to leave, Cesc will knuckle down and get on with it like the pro he is. He is under contract until June 2015. His value isn’t going to decrease any time soon.
Perhaps it would have different had Barca not had so much ‘previous’ when it comes to tapping up our players. This summer, we clearly feel they have reneged on a promise.
Cesc will be coming back to training in the next week or two, and by then he’ll have had time to take stock and gear himself up for one final crack at the Premier League title.
Whether you feel it’s right he stays or not, we’ve got a better chance with him than without him.
