Apparently it's just been announced on Sky News? Can anyone confirm this? Edit: http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-n.../3/barcelona-agree-deal-cesc-fabregas-reports http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_7095434,00.html Thoughts?
Nothing on Sky sports.com whatsoever. EDIT there is this, but 'reports in Spain' could be Guillem Balague, so I wouldn't necessarily believ it. 1:18 Speculation: According to reports in Spain, Barcelona have finalised a deal to sign Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas. More to follow on www.skysports.com.
1321: FOOTBALL - Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas is set to finalise his move to Barcelona, according to reports in the country. is the last news to come otu of BBC - no source, no quote, no nothing.
Well, he is gone. We're at the point where he's not going to appear in any more games for Arsenal. That's gone by my book, even if the paperwork hasn't been filled out.
The only source i can find anywhere is this: "According to reports in Spain, Barcelona have finalised a deal to sign Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas." - So nothing is official yet.
philmcnulty Phil McNulty And full credit to @GuillemBalague for being first with the Fabregas story at almost every turn. Quality work. Balague has been saying this for the last 3 or 4 years. He's just so on the ball!
Balague chats more **** than anyone else in football. If these reports are based on what he has said then i'd assume we are in the exact same position we were before he said it. He talks rubbish!
But Dan Roan is basing it on what balague has said.. so I'll be chortling to myself it it doesn't happen
I just looked at "Sportsday Live" on the BBC website and i saw Roan's post on there so you could be right
Hi lads, It's being reported on TV here, and also on Marca. http://www.marca.com/ For the record, i think you'll grow stronger for not having this farce every summer, get after Marek Hamsik, Samba and Cahill, and you could challenge easily. All the best for tomorrow against the ****-kickers up the road.
Quite telling that there hasn't been an update for an hour.. Why no confirmation? I read that gerard Pique had tweeted it saying he 'hoped' it would happen, maybe Balague got it from there and it becomes a story?
He's on that Marca homepage in a Barca top, the write up says he's signed, but they are delaying the announcement so as not to disrupt preperations for the supercopa.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/38998/arsenal-in-training-picture-special Both Nasri & Fabregas were at training this morning with the Arsenal Squad!!
Its all but done. Some small details, then one of the most tedious transfer sagas of all time will come to an end.
It'll be hilarious if Fabregas stays at Arsenal now and this is all just Balague blowing hot air as usual - hahaha.
