Cesc Fàbregas

[Starman60 1,343]

I think he will be a good signing, and I am happy to see him sign for us..With both Barca and Arsenal rejecting him I hope that he feels that he has something to prove. This is his last big chance to win some silverware and I think he will come out fighting and prove those two were wrong to reject him.

Plus, he will have to win over a lot of Chelsea fans, and he will only manage that will consistently good performances

[Beigl 1,387]

Congrats on the 2015 PL title, Chelsea.

Mourinho - always getting one up on Wenger. Even if Wenger doesn't know it (yet).

My thoughts exactly, unfortunately. Unless, of course, we have 2-3 youngsters shoot up 1-2 levels (Ox, Wilshere, Jenkinson, Gnabry) and Özil realises his potential, we can't match Chelsea now.

From Arsenal Mania.Atleast they aren´t as bad as Liverpool fans to be fair.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Not sure if he fits our system perfectly, but he is an absolutely fantastic player. He was one of the best players in the world for years with Arsenal but never quite fit in with Barcelona. He's versatile and extremely talented and for less than we paid for Willian, it is a brilliant signing.

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https://grabyo.com/g/v/9eUyPCoaazG

Cesc's message to Chelsea fans.

Cute

[edetarod 2,155]

From Arsenal Mania.Atleast they aren´t as bad as Liverpool fans to be fair.

that would be an impossible feat, city fans are getting close though

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[Beigl 1,387]

that would be an impossible feat, city fans are getting close though

Not to mention the United fans.(When United used to be good)

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Arsenal are, or now more likely were, going to put up a Fabregas statue outside of Emirates.

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

I'd be tempted to start Schurrle over Willian now just because of this signing

[Ze Mario 638]

Schurrle, willian, costa, and any other players who'll benefit from this transfer

But you forget Salah, who'll create great scale havoc with his combination with Fab4. Cant wait for next season!

[Fulham Broadway 16,393]

Excellent, it seems United fans are in meltdown as well as gooners.

Theyre moaning that Fellaini cost them £27.5m

[Special Juan 27,100]

He's never been one for pace but his eye for a pass is just as good. He will open up defences with that.

[Pizy 17,860]

He'll be the ultimate "small club" slayer I think in addition to being a key player in the big games.

He's going to put chance after chance on a plate for the players in front of him. Hell, maybe even Torres can score a few if he stays.

[Special Juan 27,100]

Good base with Azpi, Torres, possibly Costa too.

Funny listening to a bloke on Talksport saying he would be nothing more than a bench warmer

[Spike 12,049]

All jokes aside, am sure I'm not the only one who is intrigued to see how Mourinho deploys Fabregas and how he adapts to playing for us next season. I mean after all, this is a player whose way of playing and ideas of how the game should be played is totally different to that of Mourinho. It sounds cliche but it's like beauty and the beast thing. Moreover, Fabregas isn't exactly one who is blessed with great physical attributes like pace, stamina and his tactical discipline and workrate aren't the best either, things that Mourinho obviously values greatly in his setup. If anything, this all looks like the case with Mata again.

That being said, since we are buying a player with quality for a position that we desperately need to fix and Mourinho approving it(hopefully!), then he clearly sees Fabregas as a player he can improve on and work in his system. Anyway all in all, just can't help but to feel weird and strange about this transfer given the history involved between us, Fabregas and Arsenal and even Mourinho himself with Fabregas/Barca. And not to mention, the points stated above. Then again, the last Arsenal player we signed didn't do too badly, did he?

Implying that Xabi Alonso (Jose's flogging boy and work horse) is gifted with physical attributes. I'm sure Cesc will do just fine, a little structure under Mou won't suddenly turn him into a clown.

[Superblue 6,331]

Big signing IMO, a few people are questioning if he is a 'Mourinho' player and a few also worried his Barcelona form wasn't up to the standard of his Arsenal form.

For me to answer both these questions - his passing is so direct. Firstly with regards to Barcelona, coming through their academy he was always going to be technically excellent but his time in England and the Premier League molded him into a direct player, always looking to pass forward and viewing the importance of creating chances over keeping possession. This obviously isn't how Barcelona play, and I think he struggled to adapt to their slow approach and Barca didn't embrace his more direct style (he could have actually provided them with a 'plan b' which Barca are regularly criticised as not having)

Now onto whether he is a 'Mourinho' player, at the start of the season it seemed that Jose wanted to play with a team that press high and look to win the ball back higher up the pitch, but when also under the cosh in games could counter and break at great speed. One of the problems with this was a lack of striker to finish off chances, and the other IMO was the lack of a player in the middle of the park who could dictate this style. Fabregas will provide this with his long pass ability and directness to his play. Teams will be scared shitless to attack us too much because he can pick a ball over the top for the likes of Hazard, Schurrle, Willian and hopefully Costa, and he will also provide a cutting edge to our play in and around the penalty area when teams are defending deeper.

Superb signing, look forward to seeing him play for us. As I've said many times before, all the top players have an element of 'cuntishness' about them and I think we were missing one or two like this last season.

Also with the exception of us in his first reign, Jose took a season before getting it spot on with Inter and Real Madrid. I expect the same again. This is the benefit to having a bit of stability with a manager going into his second season and knowing exactly what is needed within the squad to get us back on top.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Our Cesc Fabregas!! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

Matic and Fabregas are

[Jase 43,479]

Spike Spiegel, on 13 Jun 2014 - 03:49 AM, said:

Implying that Xabi Alonso (Jose's flogging boy and work horse) is gifted with physical attributes. I'm sure Cesc will do just fine, a little structure under Mou won't suddenly turn him into a clown.

Never said or implied he will fail. Just pointing out things as it is on what look like incompatibility between the two. And that is just the physical side of things. Alonso's style of play was arguably closer, if not suited to what Mourinho wants as opposed to the way Fabregas has been playing.