Arsenal skipper and star Cesc Fabregas has reiterated his desire to play in La Liga someday, leading to more speculation on his future.
Fabregas has been quoted by Radio Marca as saying that he would like to play in his native country sometime in his career. Fabregas currently has still six years left on his long term contract that he signed in 2006.
But the 21-year Spanish international midfielder has been the subject of intense transfer speculation in the past several weeks. He has been linked mostly with Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Italian powerhouse AC Milan as Arsenal persistently fail to show any promise to win silverware.
Fabregas told Radio Marca:
“What happens is that nobody in football has guaranteed place anywhere. Today everything is so changeable, so complicated that you never know, but the truth is that I’m very happy, very motivated and being captain is an extra incentive.
“Everybody knows that one day I would return to Spanish football. It’s an experience I want to live. I want to play in Spain as a professional.”
Wasn’t Fabregas quoted as saying a few days ago that he admires Milan as they have a “winning mentality”? To be fair he also said that the reason he signed a long-term contract with Arsenal is because he wasn’t interested in leaving the Gunners right now, but with the state the club is in on and off the pitch surely Fabregas could have done with NOT talking about his future plans?
Other teams’ players don’t go around talking about their teammates and their ‘future plans’ nearly as much as Arsenal’s finest – and it’s never good for the club.
What is going on with Arsenal – the transitional years we were expecting have actually become the norm. This team never looks like it is going to settle. We are producing good kids from the youth set up but how many of these have actually gone into the 1st team in the last 10 years?
We find ourselves buying other teams youth players and they all end up getting as far as the Carling Cup before being farmed out on loan.
As for the “senior players” – they all seem to want to leave. For example reports suggest(granted they are rumours but where are the denials):
Almunia – is not good enough (also applies to Fabianski)
Toure & Gallas could go
Silvestre – if he was still good Fergie would never have sold him to us
Eboue – tries hard but never gets above fairly average – and when he is bad hes very bad – not a fan fave especially after Wigan
Denilson is not good enough
Fabregas could go in the summer (if not look forward to the yearly merry-go-round a la Henry until he does go)
Rosicky – is making Darren Anderton look healthy
Adebayor – wanted to go (and is not like much by the fans after the summer)
Bentdner – is now vastly underachieving – maybe needs to change his boots?!
Im not Arsenal bashing but after defeat by Porto and on some of the performances so far this season the squad clearly cannot cope.
Either have faith and promote the youngsters and therefore lve by what you are trying to create or buy established and experienced players – you cant do neither and expect to get anywhere.
Tell me one other team where the big players fail to get into the groove. We need better direction or we are going to be back in the wilderness before too long. The players i mentioned above are the spine of the team – lets see how we perform against Boro if, as we are told, most of the above players are absent as they were last night.
I have my fingers crossed this season but they are in front of my face and sometimes im too scared to peek
I try to be positive as i’m sure most gooners do but when I compare the Invincibles to our team now I cannot see any similarities!
Our 2003-2004 team had everything.
Strength
Size
Power
Skill
Speed
Technique
Experience
Desire
We used to rip teams apart in a matter of seconds. I remember watching that awesome team and we used to always score around either the 5th minute of the 20th minute. The contest was usually over by half time and it would just be a question of how muny more we’d score and whether we could keep a clean sheet.
This team is far below even last season’s team. Flamini has turned out to be a MASSIVE loss. Hleb, although he didn’t score, he was on the same wavelength as Fabregas and helped build attacks. Rosicky’s absence has been felt my Fabregas also. Our midfield is far too inexperienced and far too lightweight.
The biggest problem I can see is Wenger having lost his ruthless streak. When he arrived and for the first 6-8 years he was totally ruthless. If a player was losing his pace or his ability that was it. He would be sold and Wenger would buy someone who could do the job.
Now Wenger seems obsessed with kids. He is convinced that he can win a major trophy with talented and inexperienced youths. But the facts speak for themselves.
No trophies in 3 years. The last time we were in a major final was when Campbell, Pires and Henry were still in the side! We are losing to newly promoted teams, we are losing at home, we are looking ineffective and not bothered.
I hope Wenger sorts it out and admits he needs something and goes to buy it in Janurary. He can’t keep avoiding buying people in order to protect the feelings of the young players. If they don’t perform then they are out. That needs to be the message. That needs to be the fear that drives them.
It started off as one transitional year. Then it became two. Then we have already become a team who only have an outside chance of winning a trophy so we become less attractive. We lose our impotant players to Europe’s big guns and are left wanting.
And now we are going backwards yet again.
Wenger needs to bring back his ruthless streak. Sell the players who don’t perform and buy some proven big game players.
Fabregas has made no secret of his desire to one day play in Spain. That’s fine, no one expects him to stay put at Arsenal forever but what is clear is that he isn’t leaving anytime soon. He will be 27 when his contract expires and has said as much recently that he is very happy at Arsenal and wont be leaving. It’s poor journalism suggesting that Cesc is off. The whole Milan thing was merely him being asked which Italian team he admired the most? There was nothing to it.
Agree with ‘up the arse’. Fab’s comments have been massively changed in the various headlines. He can leave when he is 27-30 and there is a good chance he would as Wenger also would leave by then. Other than that, I’m also very pissed with Wenger. His team selections and substitutions bear no sense(But that was always like that from 97 to now). But he has to buy in January and dispose some players notably Eboue, Gallas and Song and if he fails to improve, Bendtner too as his attitude is really irritating. This team is not going to win anything with the present attitude.
why is this even news? Fabragaes’ contract is 6 years, Torres said something similar to this but nobody made a big fuss about it, everyone just said he’ll be playing for us until he’s 30 anyway big deal. I don’t see how fabragaes’ is different.
Arsenal dont need these type of stories at the moment though.
Gooner Dan, I fear the problem is lack of experienced players, leaders in the dressing room who are Arsenal thru and thru and will not allow any dissent. This, unfortunately, cannot be solved overnight. It takes a long time to breed this in a club and I think Wenger’s probelms all started with not planning the transition from the ‘invincibles’ over time. He left himself with a huge exodus of senior pros in a short space of time and has suffered the consequences ever since.