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I only know basic Spanish, but I'm pretty sure Guillem Balague just said that there's no agreement between us and Cesc and that Pique was trolling.

Arsenal Mania post: I'm serious, if Cesc joins Chelsea, I'm finished. My sky subscription can **** off, no Arsenal matches, no AM, I'm done. LOLOLOLOL

I thought I was negative sometimes.You're borderline suicidal, FFS.

Penis hardening...

Lots of people saying it may have just been Pique trolling like an asshole.

Not even excited. This sounds way too good to be true.

At that price it sounds like he's asked to go back to Arsenal and Barca have made it easy for them to facilitate the move since they're so desperate to get rid of him and bring in Koké. Highway robbery if he goes anywhere else for this price.

It's gotta be absolute bullshit. No way he's gone for £25m. And if so not to us.

I think he does but as the furthest advanced player in a 3 instead of in a 2. Pack the midfield in big games with Cesc, Matic, and Ramires. Against smaller or weaker sides who sit deep and defend we can play Cesc with Matic or still play a midfield 3 with Oscar, Cesc, and Matic. I'm just setting myself up for a huge letdown here if we don't sign him.

I kind of disagree with this. I fully expect Oscar to step up big time next season in his statistical output and Hazard will go to the next level with a natural, top class LB on his side of the pitch. I think we're going to be scoring loads next season and not grinding out narrow 1-0 or 2-0 results.A new CM is imperative though.

Song isn't in Fabregas's class. I think he'll have much more space than people think he will and will be able to pull the strings just like we'd need him to. He'll have other players around him to pick up some of the slack, but I think he'd be able to adapt well to Jose's system.We saw in games where Oscar dropped deeper that he had forever to dribble with the ball and stroke it around. Having a more accomplished passer in there will help loads.

I'd certainly have Pogba or Vidal over Cesc but I'd have Fabregas over Kroos and it's a toss up in my eyes between him and Koke. I'd be delighted with any of them to be fair. Fabregas just seems like the smartest business out of all of them bar Kroos. Not often a world class player comes on to the market at £30m. Pogba, Vidal, and Koke would cost nearly double that in all likelihood. Imagine getting two world class players in Costa and Fabregas for a combined ~60m after selling Luiz for 50m. Terrific business. Then get Luis for 18m and we have the best XI in the country and top 3 in the world.

C'mon, Chelsea....while we're there doing Costa's medical we may as well do Fabregas's too.

Excited about this one of course and I'm sure the excitement will build more as the summer goes on, but I'm more interested in seeing who we sign in midfield.

I did.It had Roman's face on the rudder.

He's one ugly ass motherfucker, isn't he? lol Looks intimidating as hell which I like in a striker.

I keep opening twitter every hour or so hoping to see we've signed him.

Tancredi Palmeri?

Yes!

Would be sick to sign both Fabregas and Costa before the World Cup so they can build an even closer relationship with Azpi and Torres and discuss what it's like playing for Chelsea and under José. Koké too if not Cesc.

Would be awfully depressing and a huge anticlimax if after being linked with all of these world class midfielders we end up signing Tiago on a free. Replacing one old player with one just about as old.

Compliment.Your posts are always gigantic blocks that are basically blog posts.

When's the "Football According to Barbara" book coming out?

Wouldn't mind that at all. In fact, I'd prefer it to be honest.Midfield 3 of Matic/Cesc/Ramires looks extremely strong. Rotate Oscar and Ramires depending on the opposition. You won't burn Oscar out like last season and will have him fresh over a long year. Think flooding the midfield with numbers will completely overwhelm most sides. Have Fabregas or whoever we buy as the most advanced CM.

Oh, I know you are. I believe you.