ShiftyPowers
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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."
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."
