Cesc Fàbregas

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Cesc Fàbregas will play for Chelsea next season. The clubs have agreed on a fee of 33 million euros, plus extras for trophies won. The player will sign for four seasons and will earn 10 million a year before tax, three more than what he was on at Barça.

http://www.marca.com/2014/06/06/en/football/barcelona/1402039222.html

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Guillem Balague @GuillemBalague ·

The Cesc transfer wont take place today -not done yet fully. So relaxed lunch by the beach before the Brazil trip for me

[Special Juan 28,112]

Reading around it seems it's just a matter of time and not 'If'

[Billy. 2,742]

dont let this make 100 pages.............. lol

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I hate to say it, but you are an idiot if you think Ramires deserves to wear the shirt. His performance last year was absolutely fucking terrible. Why do you think our second priority behind a striker is a #8?

Tone it down, dude. Tone it way down.

[Jype 6,398]

That's some mad Photoshop skillz.

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

I think both parties are desperate and hence why this deal is happening. We couldn't get a good deal for Pogba or Vidal and Fabregas needed a club where he would get the chance to play more often.

I am sure his first choice would have been a return to Arsenal but looks like Wenger won't be spending 30m+ on a 27 year old. Lets see how it pans out,Fabregas could go on to become one of the most influential buys of the season.

It's not about spending 30 million on a 27 year old...from what i've heard, Arsenal want to spend on a quality striker and a new RB before reinforcing the midfield..

[lucio 5,418]

Guillem Balague @GuillemBalague ·

The Cesc transfer wont take place today -not done yet fully. So relaxed lunch by the beach before the Brazil trip for me

how does he know anything , if he is stuffing his face on the beach. hardly speaking to agents is he.

[iceman 329]

Fabregas cost approximately like Lallana. so, is it brit overrated or spaniard is cheap?

[didierforever 7,349]

Fabregas cost approximately like Lallana. so, is it brit overrated or spaniard is cheap?

??? lallana or shaw?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Andy Gray believes Cesc Fabregas will fit into Chelsea’s midfield perfectly.

That is a brilliant piece of business by Blues boss Jose Mourinho, according to expert pundit and former top striker Andy Gray.

http://talksport.com/football/exclusive-fabregas-perfect-chelsea-gray-hails-mourinhos-move-former-arsenal-star

Richard Keys, Rob Beasley and now Andy Gray.....don't think my stomach can take any more "experts" opinions!

[iceman 329]

??? lallana or shaw?

Lallana. wanted to compare their prices

[Rapkun 668]

Fabregas is not a regular starter for his team, wants to leave, and his team is willing to sell not to mention the difference in wages.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

Cesc before CL semi's 2012

I follow the Premier League every weekend, said Fabregas.

They have changed radically.

With Andre Villas-Boas they tried to have the ball a lot more, not play so many balls long and not seek out the second ball quite so much.

Theyve gone back to the type of Chelsea that was more successful. Playing on the counter, trying to hit the target man, sitting back and using that No9 as a reference point.

They are a very, very dangerous team. They are like motorbikes now. Faster, quicker to get the ball forward, get after it and cause problems.

""They are playing incredibly well; I think this is their best moment of the season.

In short, it was a compliment but, in noting their failure to adopt the sort of style Barcelona have perfected, also somewhat backhanded.

Yet the wider message to his team-mates was also clear: expect the same old Chelsea.

And, with only one win in eight seasons of visiting Stamford Bridge with Arsenal, Fabregas is more aware than most that this same old Chelsea represents a very formidable obstacle.

Indeed, in specifically referencing the similarities between the passing style of Arsenal and Barcelona, Fabregas was clearly warning against complacency.

In recent games, when weve played Chelsea when I was at Arsenal and now with Barcelona, even though we kept possession its hard, he said.

We would dominate the ball, create chances and then a counter-attack from Didier Drogba and goal.

"They have a super-fast counter-attack and it was a film that we saw again and again. It will be very hard against a great team.

Drogba was always the man who did most of the damage against Arsenal but, according to Fabregas, Chelsea will pose a very similar threat if they start with his Spain team-mate, Fernando Torres.

Fernandos a world-class striker, said Fabregas. They wont play together, Didier and Fernando.

"They have similar qualities and well be careful whoever plays.

Fabregas was equally candid and engaging in analysing his own development since leaving Arsenal last summer.

Ive learnt a lot tactically, personally, he said. I know my position on the pitch a lot me.

"Before I was free to do whatever on the pitch at Arsenal, and I wasnt tactically good.

I was playing wherever I wanted, up and down. Here I have to work much more for the team, individually, and think about the team tactically.

"Thats what Ive improved most. I feel more mature as a player now.

"Before I was going just up and down and was a bit lost in important moments because I wanted to do everything myself.

"Here my team-mates are more experienced than me and make me realise that you have to stay calm, patient and just do your job.

There was no direct criticism of Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, a man he describes as the greatest person he has met in football, but the implication was still clear.

Put simply, it was that there was significantly less structure to the approach of Arsenal than that of Barcelona.

And there are clearly no regrets over leaving English football.

Its much better than I expected, I have played much more than I expected, he said. I came here to learn and to get better as a player and a person and to experience peaks like this.

"Its a pleasure to be playing in this team. Its the most important week of the season and to be able to experience something like this is a dream for me.

"Winning the Champions League is a challenge that I have set myself. I was very close a few years ago and I still have a thorn in my side so, for me, it is great dream and I would love it to be fulfilled in my first year at Barcelona.

[Pizy 18,858]

Fucking Guillem Balague.

Ever the buzz killing bastard.