Jun 25 2010
Cesc Fabregas Using Spare Time to Work on Arsenal Escape Route
by Matt Butler
Filed under: Transfer News, Arsenal, Spain, World Cup 2010
Cesc Fabregas has only played 24 minutes of Spain’s first two games in the World Cup so far but he has been using his down-time wisely – by arranging talks with Arsene Wenger, if reports are to be believed.
Fabregas has apparently reiterated his desire to leave Arsenal to his manager, who is also in South Africa working as a pundit. He has told Wenger that the lure of Barcelona – and all the silverware he is likely to amass – is too strong.
Barcelona are ready to up their bid to around £35m by the end of June, which will be when Sandro Rossell will be unveiled as the club’s new president.
And there may be neutrals, stupefied by the way Fabregas’s will-he-won’t-he saga has dragged out over not one but three summers, who will say “just go”.
Indeed, Arsenal fans may agree that £35m in the coffers when it is still early in the transfer window is not to be sniffed at.
But Wenger is digging his heels in, which puts him in a difficult position. On one hand his captain has gone to him and told him he wants to leave, even though he has yet to put in a formal transfer request.
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