That looks like its taken from a 10yr old kid's twitter feed and not a club's official website. Jesus. Talk about being absolutely bonkers
Fabregas to Chelsea confirmed
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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Best place for him. He is a twat in a team of twats and will replace Ashley cole therefore keeping their twat quota up to scratch
If Arsenal did that, the shareholders would be marching to Emirates with pitchforks.
Even when Adebayor left, there was a strained 'good luck' message attached.
Even when Adebayor left, there was a strained 'good luck' message attached.
If we get our signings right (as in seriously seriously right) what Chelsea have done will be irrelevant. We can't have every good (or top class) player, we'll have to accept that some will go to our rivals.
And you know what would have happened had we gone in for Cesc, when he wasn't the manager's number one, just to stop Chelsea building a 'machine'... They'd have probably gone out, and thrashed out a £35 million deal for Pogba within a week.
What's your problem? I only mentioned CFC because I can only speak for my own, but I assume it's the norm for any club to say positive things about outgoing players, not just us.
Is that their official website?! That is so disrespectful I hope it's not...
They really are spoilt. I hope their ridiculously high expectations become their downfall.
You might not slag them off on the website, but you let your manager do it in public instead.
How much is he costing Chewsea?
£26.6 million is the oddly specific sum being reported.
That's facking good. Odd that we didn't show interest this year.
Imagine what sort of conversation must have gone on before they put out that statement.
-"Boss, I know you asked me to do one of those standard "Cesc leaves with our best wishes" statements and I genuinely started doing that, but then I thought "That's what everyone does. Why not mix it up a little?" So basically what I've put together is a complete assassination of his talent as a footballer and questioning his mental strength when things get tough. Despite the fact we tapped him up for years, got him to leave a club where they idolised him for a fee that was less than he was worth, made him take a wage cut despite being much wealthier than Arsenal, played him out of position consistently and then booed him when he wasn't world class every week."
-"Okay, so you want to know if you should run it?"
-"Nah, I just want to know whether "talentless cock-wizard is two words or three."
-"Boss, I know you asked me to do one of those standard "Cesc leaves with our best wishes" statements and I genuinely started doing that, but then I thought "That's what everyone does. Why not mix it up a little?" So basically what I've put together is a complete assassination of his talent as a footballer and questioning his mental strength when things get tough. Despite the fact we tapped him up for years, got him to leave a club where they idolised him for a fee that was less than he was worth, made him take a wage cut despite being much wealthier than Arsenal, played him out of position consistently and then booed him when he wasn't world class every week."
-"Okay, so you want to know if you should run it?"
-"Nah, I just want to know whether "talentless cock-wizard is two words or three."
What a fecking weird thing to publish. Our management is shit. I agree with the article, but it's not something you post on your official website, ffs.
I hope the management is happy now that we've lost Thiago, and also the player who caused him to leave.
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According to Balague 33 million euros plus variables.
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football...ith-chelsea-for-the-transfer-of-cesc-fabregas
That's their official statement and its not bad at all to be fair.
That's their official statement and its not bad at all to be fair.
I think for that money we probably did, he just may not have shown any interest in us. We need players that have something to prove and don't think he has...for that money, he's back here cause it was a lifestyle choice I recon.
Me too. We have to sign a top CM now...
Surely he had that in Barcelona?
Our manager spends much more time protecting and supporting his players in public. In any case, it has nothing to with it.
Hopefully he'll have a case of the Torres syndrome over there.
Is that their official statement? Or just a statement from some foreign supporters' group or something like that? If it's their own it's very unprofessional.
Yeh, great, but it's tempered somewhat with the character assassination on the side.
His lifestyle at Barcelona included being made to feel unwanted, not being given a proper role, and being left in limbo over his future every summer.
Classless club who's players are either already cnuts before joining, or are turned into cnuts while there.
I don't want any Barca players joining us for this very reason.
Much less than a club, indeed.
I don't want any Barca players joining us for this very reason.
Much less than a club, indeed.
I have no idea whether we were in for him, but seeing Chelsea snap him up is gutting.
He's a genuine world class midfielder, and Chelsea managed to prise him away for around £30 million. In a world cup year. Before the world cup.
I'm again going to reiterate how much I admire Chelsea's efficient transfer policy. Within days of Lampard leaving, they've gone one better and signed Cesc. Meanwhile we've struggled to replace Scholes for years and still rely on the likes of Darren Fletcher in midfield (no disrespect to Fletch). Oh, and Anderson returning will be like a new signing, I guess.
And they say there's no value in the transfer market.
Surely it's Chelsea's title to lose next season, what an awesome squad.
P.S. I fecking hate Mourinho for this.
He's a genuine world class midfielder, and Chelsea managed to prise him away for around £30 million. In a world cup year. Before the world cup.
I'm again going to reiterate how much I admire Chelsea's efficient transfer policy. Within days of Lampard leaving, they've gone one better and signed Cesc. Meanwhile we've struggled to replace Scholes for years and still rely on the likes of Darren Fletcher in midfield (no disrespect to Fletch). Oh, and Anderson returning will be like a new signing, I guess.
And they say there's no value in the transfer market.
Surely it's Chelsea's title to lose next season, what an awesome squad.
P.S. I fecking hate Mourinho for this.
You are quite right and I generally think the same..just the little thing of Mourinho scares me and from the looks of it, seems like every manager out there is just sitting back not trying to counter..
I don't think anyother midfielder at present looks as perfectly suited to replace Lampard as him, so signing him would have set his preparations back..
Just think he's a "bright lights" tart the idea of moving "oop north" would bring him out in hives. A London wallah who can't play if it gets cold or rains a bit. No great loss.
I've never got the impression he wanted to come here, so once he was leaving Barcelona it was always looking like a London club for me. I thought it'd end up being Arsenal rather than Chelsea though.
I'd expect him to play furthest forward of the Matic (holding), Ramires (box to box), Fabregas('no.10') trio. I can only think that it is because he has predominantly been used in this advanced role in recent years, an area we'll probably be using Rooney, Mata or Kagawa so are well stocked in, that we haven't pursued it. Or maybe we were so unimpressed by his or his agent's behaviour last summer when we were after him that we decided not to bother this time around.
The full impact of this for me probably won't be known until the end of the summer. If we strengthen our midfield well, I won't care about Fabregas. If we don't, then I'll obviously wish we'd have gone in for him more strongly, and then tried to convert him back to the deeper midfield position.
However, I still think that without Champions League football this season and the lure of London, we'd have been fighting a losing battle with this one anyway. Life goes on and we need to move quickly on to other targets.
I'd expect him to play furthest forward of the Matic (holding), Ramires (box to box), Fabregas('no.10') trio. I can only think that it is because he has predominantly been used in this advanced role in recent years, an area we'll probably be using Rooney, Mata or Kagawa so are well stocked in, that we haven't pursued it. Or maybe we were so unimpressed by his or his agent's behaviour last summer when we were after him that we decided not to bother this time around.
The full impact of this for me probably won't be known until the end of the summer. If we strengthen our midfield well, I won't care about Fabregas. If we don't, then I'll obviously wish we'd have gone in for him more strongly, and then tried to convert him back to the deeper midfield position.
However, I still think that without Champions League football this season and the lure of London, we'd have been fighting a losing battle with this one anyway. Life goes on and we need to move quickly on to other targets.
I meant we'd have to sign the guy in January, very unlikely he'd pass a medical etc this window and coming off the back of an injury like that will take some time to get back to match fitness. Also would say a lot about us if we signed him for £30m or so when we could have got him halve that last summer.
Mourinho in his second season is a force.I have no idea whether we were in for him, but seeing Chelsea snap him up is gutting.
He's a genuine world class midfielder, and Chelsea managed to prise him away for around £30 million. In a world cup year. Before the world cup.
I'm again going to reiterate how much I admire Chelsea's efficient transfer policy. Within days of Lampard leaving, they've gone one better and signed Cesc. Meanwhile we've struggled to replace Scholes for years and still rely on the likes of Darren Fletcher in midfield (no disrespect to Fletch). Oh, and Anderson returning will be like a new signing, I guess.
And they say there's no value in the transfer market.
Surely it's Chelsea's title to lose next season, what an awesome squad.
P.S. I fecking hate Mourinho for this.
They could easily have won the league this year if they hadn't faltered right near the end.
All with 3 sub par strikers.
Now they've fixed the striker problem, and brought an even better midfielder in, they're arguably favourites over City now.
Can't see us catching either for a long while, and the only consolation is surely Liverpool won't overpower either.
Yes but its clear at that Barca took the money and ran. He was surplus to requirements.
It would say a lot about Moyes, yes. We could have signed Strootman and Thiago and instantly solved our midfield issues. Moyes really made his own deathbed, in hindsight.
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Still not sure why Barca did this. They going to spend as much or more bringing in Ratkic or Koke and they could poise the same problems Cesc did.
means that Arsenal dont get a penny
Rakitic will cost less. And Koke would make a good signing.
Those two fit Barca more than Cesc.
agree.
Wasn't the problemthat Cesc was too direct for their system? Rakitic and Koke are both more direct than Cesc.
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