Cesc Fàbregas

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

barcastuff @barcastuff ·

Modric (Real Madrid): "Of course I'd have wanted for Rakitic to join Madrid, but in the end it wasn't to be and he has joined Barça" [sport]

Modric (Real Madrid): "i'm very happy for Rakitic, he deserves it. Joining a big club like Barça is an important step in his career" [sport]

[Jype 6,398]

Dude, I HIGHLY doubt you've ever heard of any of these so called credible journalists before the Cesc Fabregas story leaked. I'm done though I'm onto coffee it'll burn if I spit that up...

Anyway I have no doubt it'll be made official soonish, I mean its only been just over a week since the story leaked. My guess is there are i's to dot... not the millions of ridiculous speculations that keep popping up everyday "OH NO! Tancredi said that Man Utd are now the favourites!!"

You're right, some (not all) of the journalists reporting the details of the transfer were nobodies to me a few days ago but I've seen enough people to verify that they are indeed credible to make me believe them too. Believe me, I am highly critical on what I choose to believe but I'm not disregarding some of these reports because they're from journalists I have never heard of because it's quite easy to check if the blokes are reliable or not.

If you think that when journo is not from Sky or BBC and the fact you haven't heard of them before makes their stories somehow less true, that's just being ignorant. No one is taking the stories from twitter accounts such as "TransferSources" seriously but when we're talking about verified journalists who publish this stuff under their own name and I see plenty of people telling me to trust them, who am I to say otherwise?

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

FOX Soccer

Barcelona reach agreement with Sevilla to sign captain Ivan Rakitic. http://foxs.pt/1kmygw6

[Barbara 15,149]

Sique RodríguezGairí ‏@SiqueRodriguez 5 min

El traspaso d Cesc no se ha hecho oficial pq,formalmente,tiene q pasar una semana desde acuerdo con Chelsea para q Arsenal no ejerza tanteo

Only not official because we have to wait for the option of Arsenal to run down. He's a journo from Cadena ser btw.

that makes sense. If there's a preferential clause, then after Chelsea officially bid for the player, Barcelona should give Arsenal some time to see if they're using their right to sign first or not...

I also think a week is a reasonable time. So I guess that's it, guys, we just have to wait those 7 days to expire, whenever did they start to count.

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

that makes sense. If there's a preferential clause, then after Chelsea officially bid for the player, Barcelona should give Arsenal some time to see if they're using their right to sign first or not...

I also think a week is a reasonable time. So I guess that's it, guys, we just have to wait those 7 days to expire, whenever did they start to count.

From last friday...(from the reports)....

It is widely reported in Spain that Rakitic's impending move will result in Cesc Fabregas sealing a return to the Premier League, with Chelsea favourites to land his signature.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9345232/transfer-news-ivan-rakitic-delighted-to-be-heading-to-barcelona

[cadenza666 221]

From last friday...(from the reports)....

It is widely reported in Spain that Rakitic's impending move will result in Cesc Fabregas sealing a return to the Premier League, with Chelsea favourites to land his signature.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9345232/transfer-news-ivan-rakitic-delighted-to-be-heading-to-barcelona

agree mate we are favourites but that would count for naught if Arse choose to exercise option...btw have to be cautious even over Sky, wasnt Diego Costa to Chelsea supposed to be announced yesterday???

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Rakitic to barca now clearly a done deal, yet no news about Cesc to Chelsea...it appears media is clueless as shit. I doubt this two deals are connected in way; as soon Rakitic goes, Cesc will go too...

Im sure that Cesc deal to chelsea wont be done for a while because Barca will look for more offers...regardless of Rakitic.

And media saying; it will be official on tuesday, then on tuesday they say it will be on friday...and that can go for another month or so. Just writing bs so that people buy it.

[quickpassnmove 924]

I thought some players would signed before the WC, but maybe everything is on-hold until afterward. We can only hope that agreements will become contracts for now, it seems.

[nono 791]

Agreement is held up right now because Barcelona want euros while Chelsea only want to pay in pounds.

[cadenza666 221]

https://twitter.com/GuillemBalague/status/476797833333727233

[Pizy 18,538]

Oh FFS. Balague's latest tweets are infuriating.

[1chelsea 864]

Agreement is held up right now because Barcelona want euros while Chelsea only want to pay in pounds.

That is none sense and no excuse to not announce

[Duppy Conqueror 1,495]

Agreement is held up right now because Barcelona want euros while Chelsea only want to pay in pounds.

I'd pay those cunts 27m in penny coins..a compromise.

[Namika 922]

The Manchester clubs aren't interested, Ogden, Ducker and Daniel Taylor said it and when it comes to Manchester, it doesn't get more reliable than that.

It's a done deal for sure.

[nono 791]

Breaking news coming up folks ...

[nono 791]

Bored ....

[Special Juan 27,587]

Breaking news coming up folks ...

Yeah, I'm on my fourth can of lager.

[nono 791]

On the Barcelona forums they are saying that Rakitic is better than Modric and Cesc. You can go there if you want to have a laugh.