The never ending transfer saga of Cesc Fabregas..

 Staring into an uncertain future..

  Barcelona, Arsenal and Cesc Fabregas have been through this for 2 seasons running and its high time the whole saga is put to bed. In a football world where money talks, Fabregas has watched on helplessly, torn between the love for his boyhood club and being indebted to Arsenal and Wenger.

                             It’s an open secret Barcelona want to bring home their boy and have been repeatedly told by Wenger his captain isn’t for sale. Hardly the type to charge up the dressing room with motivational speeches, Fabregas, had been handed the armband in hope he would opt to stay on and lead this young team but Wenger’s attempt to tie Fabregas down to the club is turning out to be futile. It’s down to Fabregas to decide if he would rather have pretty medals dangling around his neck for being a bystander at Barca than having the chance to lead this Arsenal side to glory and hanging up his boots with his name written into Arsenal and football folklore.

            The real question is how much Barca really need Fabregas? With a midfield boasting of Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets, it’s almost a given that Fabregas will be warming those benches at Barca, as he did with Spain during their successful World cup campaign. And with Barcelona in over 400m debt and a financial crunch, they don’t have the luxury of affording both Sanchez and Fabregas. Guardiola has time and again stated that Sanchez would be his priority signing.     Barcelona had their 26m bid for Fabregas rejected last summer and despite all the noise from the Barcelona camp the truth is that they haven’t tabled a new offer.

 Arsenal chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, recently said: “I am not sure how keen they are. They don't talk to us.”

             

Home is where the heart is?

 Barcelona players have been talking of  Arsenal “not allowing Fabregas to return home” but in truth Guardiola and Barcelona management know Fabregas’ transfer to Nou camp would mean a 30m hole is their transfer budget and a ‘30m’ that would probably be spending more time off the pitch than on it. If Barcelona dig deep and fund the transfer, Cesc, Arsenal and Barcelona could all end up being losers in this game.

                  

                           The much talked about and dramatized “homecoming” of Fabregas won’t have the romantic ending everyone is anticipating. He’d only return home to find his love happily married.