Fabregas Should 'Do What He Really Wants' - Mathieu Flamini
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Fabregas underlines his admiration for Barca
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has underlined his respect for Barcelona as they continue the pursuit for his signature - but suggested he remains committed to Arsenal.
On Wednesday, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger again reiterated that Fabregas was not for sale at any price, but that message is unlikely to deter Barca as the transfer deadline draws nearer.
Fabregas also spoke of his high regard for Wenger, but his comments about Barcelona will not put Gunners fans' minds at rest.
Fabregas is due to fly back into Heathrow airport on Thursday as he returns to the club's London Colney training ground after an extended post-World Cup break.
In an interview with Spanish lifestyle magazine DIR Emotions, Fabregas said: "I am from Barcelona. I am a club member, along with my grandfather, my uncle and my cousin. I feel those colours and have since I was young. I am Catalan, I am from Arenys, I have come through the Barca youth system.
"Those players are my friends and have been for many years. They play stellar football and everything they have won they deserve 100%. [Carles] Puyol gives me confidence and has taken care of me like an older brother. Bojan inspires calm. [Sergio] Busquets is simple and authentic. Xavi is a maestro. [Andres] Iniesta has so much patience, especially given what has happened to him in terms of injuries. [Lionel] Messi is calm, shy, and very kind. [Victor] Valdes has a lot of personality.
"However, I am Arsenal's captain. I am a Gunner and that is where I have made myself as a player and matured as a person. He [Arsene Wenger] is a second father to me, the most important person in my life after my father. He has been very supportive of me and has treated my like a son. I am part of his family.
"He does not want me to leave. My last conversation with him in London was one of the most difficult moments I have had to live. I am left very touched.
"I want to continue fighting for every title, especially the Champions League, because I am a winner."
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Puyol "Anybody who tries to convince themselves Cesc wanted to stay at Arsenal is wrong."
ARSENE WENGER was told last night: You are keeping Cesc Fabregas against his will. Barcelona skipper Carles Puyol declared: "He is having to stay at a club where he no longer wants to be for another year. "I wonder how intelligent it is keeping a player who doesn't want to be there.
"After seven years of great service, I thought Arsenal could have granted him his dream move."
Puyol accepts his fellow Spanish World Cup star will remain at the Emirates for another 12 months. But the Gunners will view these latest controversial comments as another shameless attempt by Barca to try to destabilise the situation and hasten Fabregas' departure for the Nou Camp.
Fabregas, who has been on holiday in Ibiza, is due to meet boss Wenger next week, report for the team photo and then start his pre-season.
Yet Puyol added: "Cesc has given everything to Arsenal to try to win a trophy but they haven't matched his expectations. "I won't say he is in a prison, as we know how privileged we are as football players. "But after how clear Cesc made it that he wanted to be in Barcelona, I thought they would have granted him that."
Wenger, whose team face AC Milan in the Emirates Cup tomorrow, has insisted this week that Fabregas is staying - despite the 'noises' coming from Spain.
Even so, Puyol, who forced Fabregas to wear a Barcelona shirt during Spain's World Cup celebrations, insisted: "We all thought a deal would be done this summer. "But Arsenal have refused to talk and we are going to have to wait another year to get Cesc home.
"He is far too classy a guy to say it but the truth is he doesn't want to be at Arsenal this season. His heart is already in Barcelona, even though we must wait another year for his body to be here.
"We know he is arriving next season. Barcelona have a whole year to sort the deal out. "He is professional enough still to have a great season and also because he has a lot of respect for the Arsenal fans. "But anybody who tries to convince themselves he wanted to stay at Arsenal is wrong."
Puyol's fellow Barca centre-back Gerard Pique, who has been holidaying with Fabregas, said: "I know Cesc wants to win titles with Barca and I want him here this summer. "I understand why Arsenal reject the sale. Cesc is a very difficult player to replace. "But I do not feel a club should keep a footballer who wants to leave. Especially in this case, where Cesc has done everything for Arsenal."
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i think the barca bunch are plain disrespectful. Imagine if arsenal does the same to them, they wouldn't like it either. Why alrdy join a winning team? It wld be more special to win something for arsenal. What's more, since he regards wenger as a father and his has huge respect for the arse....oops arsenal fans.
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agreed.
why not they join Arsenal instead?
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
think the barca bunch are plain disrespectful. Imagine if arsenal does the same to them, they wouldn't like it either. Why alrdy join a winning team? It wld be more special to win something for arsenal. What's more, since he regards wenger as a father and his has huge respect for the arse....oops arsenal fans.
it is not barca bunch, look @ photo, reina is not from barca. it is the SPANISH players. And now bouyed by their WC team, they "FEEL", they can "dictated" where their country mates should play..
and I lost all respect for noodles hair..
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interesting to see how fab play and perform next season
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I think he will stay on for one more season for his father Wenger !! Loyal guy
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
i think the barca bunch are plain disrespectful. Imagine if arsenal does the same to them, they wouldn't like it either. Why alrdy join a winning team? It wld be more special to win something for arsenal. What's more, since he regards wenger as a father and his has huge respect for the arse....oops arsenal fans.
arsenal have already done something worse to barca, snatching fran merida from them.
you could say barca are just giving wenger a taste of his own medicine and it's a very costly medicine at that...
puyol and co can justify their arrogance, trophyless for five years arsenal vs spanish champs barca??
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if barca is so broke that they resort to such undertable tactics to get player cheaply?
if you dont have the money stop kbkb.
go broke the banks and bring the money arsenal cannot refuse.
every player has a price, offer a price arsenal cannot refuse.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
it is not barca bunch, look @ photo, reina is not from barca. it is the SPANISH players. And now bouyed by their WC team, they "FEEL", they can "dictated" where their country mates should play..
and I lost all respect for noodles hair..
Yeh spain bunch......but quite a lot of barca too. Xavi, puyol, pique and one or two others too. All have publicly said that feb shd go barca.
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Originally posted by The man who was death:
arsenal have already done something worse to barca, snatching fran merida from them.
you could say barca are just giving wenger a taste of his own medicine and it's a very costly medicine at that...
puyol and co can justify their arrogance, trophyless for five years arsenal vs spanish champs barca??
well, having said that, honour counts in football.
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Puyol tok too much
y not u tell him to join us instead -
once Barcelona offers 50 millions for Cesc, Arsenal would be more than happy to sell. but the fact is Barcelona does not want to pay that kind of money for Cesc. why? i deduce it in 2 ways.
1) Barcelona is literally broke. but than again, i hear that they own a bank... so why not break the bank vault and raise the money? the fans at Barcelona would be more than happy to "donate" some money to raise money for the purchase. the population at Barcelona is said to be 1,621,537 number of people. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona)
as such, 50 million divide by 1.6 million = 31.25
if each individual donate $31.25 to the Barcelona Football Club for the purchase of Cesc, the deal can go through very quickly. i don't think it's a big sum for such a big club and city.
2) they don't really love Cesc that much to break the bank vault. okay, maybe we can look into another perspective. Arsenal is the kidnapper that holds Barcelona's son Cesc ransom. Arsenal demands 50 million for the release of Barcelona's DNA son and if you are able to afford that amount, won't the parents pay up immediately to secure the release of their son? i would pay up and even give up my life for the safety of my son, won't any good parents do that? so in view of this, Barcelona does not love Cesc as much as they claimed and thus, they only want Cesc back to make Arsenal look bad.
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like fab will go liddat
he go there play either rotation or bench warmer only
he can be control tower and captain at arsenal summore, with all the ppl in his age grp 1 summore
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Barcelona Sporting Vice-President Hints That Strained Relationship With Arsenal Is Hurting Cesc Fabregas Deal
Barca's sporting vice-president has hinted the previous regime may have caused talks in the Fabregas deal to break down...
Barcelona's sporting vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu believes that the club's previous administration under Joan Laporta may have caused the relationship with Arsenal to corrode during their relentless early pursuit of Cesc Fabregas.
Prior to Laporta leaving office after completing his presidential mandate, Barca had been actively chasing Fabregas even though Arsenal had repeatedly stressed that their captain was not for sale.
Now Bartomeu thinks that there's very little chance of striking any potential deal with the Gunners due to a breakdown in relations.
"Both [sporting director] Andoni Zubizarreta and coach Perp Guardiola want Fabregas, but it is very difficult to return to an improved relationship with Arsenal," Bartomeu was quoted as saying by Sport.
"We talked to the club and they told us that Fabregas was non-transferable. And there are no imminent negotiations in place because they do not want to sell."
Bartomeu then revealed that when the Sandro Rosell administration took office, they found that "there had been no negotiations [with Arsenal] underway" and that the English side were already very "angry".
And Bartomeu is hopeful that Barca's advances have not sullied the rapport between player and manager.
"We would like very much that the relationship between Fabregas and his manager, Arsene Wenger, return to normal. And we respect Arsenal's decision not to sell." -
joan laporta was the same idiot who said he would buy beckham if he were elected president. He won the presidency but beckham preferred real madrid.
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Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas Should 'Do What He Really Wants' - Mathieu Flamini
Former Gunner says he will support his friend, even if he joins Barcelona...
AC Milan midfielder Mathieu Flamini has advised former team-mate Cesc Fabregas to follow his heart when deciding whether to stay with Arsenal or join La Liga champions Barcelona.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is desperate to keep hold of his captain, though, who has been at the London club since he was 16 years old.
The Fabregas transfer saga has gathered pace throughout the summer with conflicting reports suggesting the outcome of the Spaniard's future.
While Wenger remains adamant that his skipper's future lies at the Emirates Stadium, French midfielder Flamini has insisted he will stand by Fabregas, whatever decision he makes.
"I would tell him to do what he feels, because it's a very personal choice and I cannot advise anything," he said, as quoted by the Press Association.
"He will have to do what he really wants. If he stays or goes, I will support him because he is a friend."
Flamini, who faces his former club in the Emirates Cup with AC Milan this weekend, has insisted that he has no regrets having left the Gunners two years ago and denies knowing anything about apparent interest from Aston Villa and Newcastle United.
"I didn't see that [the Aston Villa and Newcastle reports] because I'm in Italy but they are two good clubs," he said.
"Personally, I hope I'm going to play more than what I did in the last year. I hope this year will be better.
"I'm happy to be in Italy, it's a great championship and I'm having a lot of fun. But in football, you never know." -
well flamini is you consider joining aston villa or newcastle as a step up in career compare to arsenal. your IQ must be equally good as robinho.
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Originally posted by reyes:
well flamini is you consider joining aston villa or newcastle as a step up in career compare to arsenal. your IQ must be equally good as robinho.
Well, Arsenal's progress has been stagnant for the past 5 seasons and Villa (pushed for Champions League last season) and Newcastle (Newly promoted) are definitely on the way up...
