Cesc isn't leaving; IMO Barca will eventually buy him out of his contract under the Webster ruling a year or two before he would be allowed to leave on a Bosman. Best information I can find is that Cesc signed a new deal in May of 2010, so summer of 2013 they could do it for very little. Until then, it just doesn't seem like Barcelona will match Arsenal and the market's value for him. It will be a rocky summer, and a rocky next summer, but it doesn't look like he'll leave.
Now, I'm sure Arsenal are aware of this, so they might sell next summer. But again, I find it hard to believe the teams will agree on a figure; Barca will say "we can get him for only a few million next summer, so he isn't worth what you are saying" and Arsenal will say "he is one of the 10 best players in the world, we aren't letting him go for so little out of principle."
I was beaten by Azrael in the Draft and so it logically follows that he knows more about football than I do, especially since he did not resort to cheating (of which I am guilty, as has been demonstrated)
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Oops, Sanchez deal not done, City back in the lead.
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the Alexis saga continues without a definitive end in sight:
the player has made Barça his choice ... but Jeffrén has thrown a spanner in the works of the player-plus-cash deal valued at €40m + €5m in variables ... Man City have seen the opening, and swooped with an offer of €40m straight cash, plus €5m in variables ... Chelsea would presumably be willing to match that ... there should be a long way to go yet ...
This obsession with Cesc is getting irritating. Of course I would love to have him, but we don't need him. Arsenal won't let him out cheap, and we really shouln't go for big numbers here. Our midfield needs no additions. All we need is some backup forward and defender.
I was beaten by Azrael in the Draft and so it logically follows that he knows more about football than I do, especially since he did not resort to cheating (of which I am guilty, as has been demonstrated)
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