Arsenal board ready to sell Cesc Fabregas

[The Swahili Bastardizers]

Arsenal are prepared to sell Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona if the two clubs can agree a price for the Spanish midfielder, BBC Sport has learned.

A senior Arsenal official said: "The offer was made formally in writing to our chief executive (Ivan Gazidis), and we said no straight away."

When asked if the club expected an improved offer this week, the source said: "Possibly yes, and if it's enough then I expect we'll have to sell."

Barcelona's latest bid is reported to be around £27m, well short of Arsenal's valuation of more than £40m

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13928823.stm

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About time, fuck him off and hope he never returns. I don't think he's worth 27million either.

[Donkey]

Jun 27, 2011 13:41:20 GMT @lew86 said:

About time, fuck him off and hope he never returns. I don't think he's worth 27million either.

You might not like him as a person but saying he isn't worth 27m is wrong. He's one of the best midfielders in the world and a brilliant passer of the ball. Andy Carroll was bought for 35m, 27m for Fabregas is an absolute steal.

If I was Arsenal I'd be doing my best to get one of their midfielders in exchange. Obviously Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta are out of reach but Keita or the new star Thiago Alcantara would be great signings.

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When you put it in that perspective, you're probably right. When you look at some of the ridiculous transfer fee's in the last few years it makes sense. He's overrated imo though.

[MetalPotter]

I can't understand why Barca would want him, or why he would go there to warm the bench. He's no where near as good as Xavi, Iniesta or even Busquets.

[Sonko's Head]

Arsenal are just the stepping stone for the elite clubs; yet there fans don't realise this ;D

[SuperRickyFuller]

I hope he fucks off and Stan Kroenke pockets 90% of the fee leaving Arsenal bollocksed

I hate Arsenal, I hate Wenger, I hate their clueless, poncey, shandy sipping fans, I hate everything about them

[Donkey]

Jun 28, 2011 0:04:36 GMT SuperRickyFuller said:

I hope he fucks off and Stan Kroenke pockets 90% of the fee leaving Arsenal bollocksed

I hate Arsenal, I hate Wenger, I hate their clueless, poncey, shandy sipping fans, I hate everything about them

Nice stadium
Based in a fucking awesome city
Good kit colours
Easy 3 points a season


They're the only good things I can think of.