Official: Chelsea sign Fabregas

Natalie Portman wrote:That was class statement by Barca.

I for example loved it when LFCTV didn't wish Torres best of luck in the future, as they do with everyone else.

Cesc was a main culprit in Barca's glory years to end, basically forced Barca to buy him, and bitched and moaned all the time playing utter garbage. Why would they wish him well ?

Well in Barca, and congratulations for getting rid of the cancer, and THANK YOU so much for dumping this waste and finished player on a PL rival of us

Red Alert wrote:That's just a dick move.

Has any of the Arsenal top stars been loyal since Ashley left them for Chelsea?

New Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has revealed he chose to move to Stamford Bridge after former club Arsenal informed him they had sufficient cover for his position.

The Spain international was not thought to be part of Barcelona’s plans as new manager Luis Enrique rebuilds the squad after a rare season without any silverware.

A clause in the 27-year-old’s contract gave Arsenal first option to re-sign Fabregas, but Wenger informed the player’s agent he was not interested in any deal after signing Germany international Mesut Ozil last summer.

And after weighing up his options, Fabregas decided to return to the Premier League after talks with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.

Fabregas said: "There came a moment when I decided my time at Barcelona was over and I only tried to look for the best option for me.

"Arsenal were the first option due to a clause in the contract. We spoke with Wenger and he said that with Ozil they had this position well covered.

"From there, I had other very good offers and I looked for the best in the Premier League, which is where I wanted to go.

"I spoke with Jose Mourinho and he won me over, he convinced me, told me what I wanted to hear and from there everything was very quick.

"I hope that this new phase of my career goes phenomenally well."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9349977/premier-league-cesc-fabregas-chose-to-move-to-chelsea-because-arsenal-had-cover

vivabarca wrote:What did you want him to do LOL Arq?It's quite clear we were trying to faze him out and Arsenal didn't want him back.Couldn't go to Madrid/City/Bayern/PSG/any other top team.

Best other choices for him would probs be United or Liverpool,One of those is outside the top four and the other cannot guarantee him Success at all.

At Chelsea he gets 99% guaranteed Success and a whole pot of gold.

Pls tell me what he should of done

Winter is Coming wrote:Can you blame him? We didn't want him anymore that was clear. No other teams outside of the PL took interest in him, so back to the PL it is for him, since Arsenal/Wenger didn't want him he's free to join anyone and Chelsea seemed like the only team who pushed hard for him. Either that or he could've sat on our bench till our transfer ban is over.

Barrett wrote:Have you actually considered that Barca desperately wanted him out the door and Chelsea were the only team with an offer? Even Arsenal turned him down. Calm down.

Cesc wrote:New Chelsea signing Cesc Fabregas has insisted he told Barcelona to let him leave, and they even tried to stop him departing.

Fabregas completed a move to Stamford Bridge last week, but he has stressed it was his decision to quit the Camp Nou.

The Spanish ace also says that president Josep Maria Bartomeu tried to prevent him from moving.

"I asked Barcelona to find a way for me to leave the club. The president tried to stop the sale, but I already had my mind made up," he told Cadena Cope.

"At the time, I spoke with [sporting director] Andoni Zubizarreta and the president [Josep Maria Bartomeu] and I told them I wanted to leave.

"I asked Barcelona to find a way for me to leave the club. The president tried to stop the sale, but I already had my mind made up."
Cesc Fabregas
"Honestly, it all went really smoothly. I'm not leaving for any specific reason, if not for a multitude of different things, my own errors and that’s it.

"If I didn't think that I'd be happy at Chelsea, I would've never made this decision. Above all, I want to be happy both professionally and personally.

"[Chelsea have] great players - young and talented - and building a great team with new signings. I have no doubt I'll be happy, I lived in London for eight years, I have friends [and] family there."

Fabregas considers his work at the club, following 57 goals and 42 assists in three seasons, to be positive.

He said: "The statistics are not bad, but I know that in the big games these goals and assists have not emerged.

"I've spent three spectacular years in Barcelona with my friends, it was a blast and have won six titles."

The midfielder also denied that club tried to get Lionel Messi to persuade him to stay and added: "It is not true that (the club) sent Messi. Leo did not ask me to stay. Leo is terrific and told me to be happy wherever I went."

Arquitescu wrote:Yes, keep telling me how he was forced out, maimed and took Chelsea as an option of emergence.

Shed wrote:

Arquitescu wrote:Yes, keep telling me how he was forced out, maimed and took Chelsea as an option of emergence.

The relevance either way being?


When you can rationalise and justify to us why a player should sacrifice his own happiness for that of some miscellaneous fans of one of his former clubs, then maybe you'd have a case to make. Until then, you just look a bit daft.

Fußball wrote:Cesc: "My stats at Barça weren't bad, but it's true that in the key games I didn't score or assist the same number of goals."

DAT acceptance of being a scrub killer.

Arquitescu wrote:

Shed wrote:

Arquitescu wrote:Yes, keep telling me how he was forced out, maimed and took Chelsea as an option of emergence.

The relevance either way being?


When you can rationalise and justify to us why a player should sacrifice his own happiness for that of some miscellaneous fans of one of his former clubs, then maybe you'd have a case to make. Until then, you just look a bit daft.

You see I can understand how such intangible attributes fall on deaf ears to a Chelsea fan, one who does not seem to acknowledge that this move is a direct disrespect to all the parties of Arsenal, yet of course your cute alibi on the pursuit of happiness will be supported considering he joined your club.


My post was to highlight how we was NOT forced out of Barça, contrary to what your lot told me. The rest I don't care about. Even in my previous support of Cesc he was evidently a loser; one who refuses to step up to half the challenges given to him.

That's that.

Peccadillo wrote:I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned but this signing was better for Chelsea than I thought..

I didn't realise their homegrown player situation was so dire!

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Kick wrote:Mascherano too

Perhaps my family has Barca DNA as well