Over the last couple days, I find a new facisnating artical on Barcelona's pursuit for Arsenal skipper, Cesc Fabregas. He was developed in La Masia and was snatched up by Arsene Wenger when he was still just a boy. It's extremely difficult to doubt the Cesc is an outstanding player, but why do Barcelona need him or want him?
Barcelona prides themselves on being a home grown club like I mentioned in the youth academy article. A lot of their line up today has been groomed right outside the walls of the Nou Camp. You can look at the names for proof, Valdes, Puyol, Pique, Sergi Busquets, Xavi, Bojan, Iniesta, Messi and even players like Liverpool's Pepe Reina and as we know Mr. Fabregas. Any club in the world would love to sign Cesc in my opinion except Barcelona. It would be great to bring in another home town hero but it is evident that Cesc is a creating and attacking midfielder. Now you tell me. Where would you put him in your starting Barcelona 4-3-3 that ran like clockwork last season? Well he is obviously a midfielder so the midfield seems like a more than logical place to start. Most of the attention focused on Barca's treble last year was directed toward the goal scoring trio up top. Henry, Eto'o, and Messi. However the glue that held that team together are the unsung heroes that are Iniesta, Xavi, and Yaya Toure, the magic triangle. The three were clearly the back bone of Barcelona and their key to success. So of these players, who do you replace with Cesc Fabregas? Well it obviously can't be Yaya. He's the most holding of the three and is just a monster winning arial challenges and halting the attacks of the opposition. That isn't a Cesc job at all. So that leaves Iniesta and Xavi. There isn't a better center midfield team in the entire world. They both are first team regulars for Spain (over Cesc) and can find each other on the pitch wearing blindfolds with the stadium lights off. I bet they could possibly alter their formation to fit Cesc, Xavi, and Iniesta all in to the same line-up but that just puts to many of the same kind of players on the field. There simply isn't any room for the gunners' star except for a tiny piece of pine located to the right of Pep Guardiola. Okay, so maybe he could be surplus and increase team depth. That's just a bad career choice though. Going from a captain of a Big Four club in what people say is the best league in the world to the bench back home in Catalonia. It's a World Cup year. If Fabregas wants to break into the Spanish National Team's XI, its by playing games as a captain at Arsenal and not sitting in the shadow of the two guys currently playing over him. The most outrageous part of the entire idea of the transfer is that Arsenal want €45 million for their captain. First of all even with the deal going through, Wenger is so afraid of the transfer window, he has drawn the drapes. The cash would sit idle. Secondly, that's an absurd amount of money for a player that would not play €45 mil worth of minutes.
The whole idea seems great if you are any other club but Barcelona. Imagine if Arsenal lost their last leader and one of their last top notch players? They would be in for a real scare. The transfer just doesn't seem to make sense on any level. I wouldn't doubt that the two clubs have some sort of scheme cooked up that I don't know about, but I'm confused on why this is becoming such a dragged out transfer saga over the past couple days.
Viva el futbol y Hala Madrid
Bobby
Barcelona prides themselves on being a home grown club like I mentioned in the youth academy article. A lot of their line up today has been groomed right outside the walls of the Nou Camp. You can look at the names for proof, Valdes, Puyol, Pique, Sergi Busquets, Xavi, Bojan, Iniesta, Messi and even players like Liverpool's Pepe Reina and as we know Mr. Fabregas. Any club in the world would love to sign Cesc in my opinion except Barcelona. It would be great to bring in another home town hero but it is evident that Cesc is a creating and attacking midfielder. Now you tell me. Where would you put him in your starting Barcelona 4-3-3 that ran like clockwork last season? Well he is obviously a midfielder so the midfield seems like a more than logical place to start. Most of the attention focused on Barca's treble last year was directed toward the goal scoring trio up top. Henry, Eto'o, and Messi. However the glue that held that team together are the unsung heroes that are Iniesta, Xavi, and Yaya Toure, the magic triangle. The three were clearly the back bone of Barcelona and their key to success. So of these players, who do you replace with Cesc Fabregas? Well it obviously can't be Yaya. He's the most holding of the three and is just a monster winning arial challenges and halting the attacks of the opposition. That isn't a Cesc job at all. So that leaves Iniesta and Xavi. There isn't a better center midfield team in the entire world. They both are first team regulars for Spain (over Cesc) and can find each other on the pitch wearing blindfolds with the stadium lights off. I bet they could possibly alter their formation to fit Cesc, Xavi, and Iniesta all in to the same line-up but that just puts to many of the same kind of players on the field. There simply isn't any room for the gunners' star except for a tiny piece of pine located to the right of Pep Guardiola. Okay, so maybe he could be surplus and increase team depth. That's just a bad career choice though. Going from a captain of a Big Four club in what people say is the best league in the world to the bench back home in Catalonia. It's a World Cup year. If Fabregas wants to break into the Spanish National Team's XI, its by playing games as a captain at Arsenal and not sitting in the shadow of the two guys currently playing over him. The most outrageous part of the entire idea of the transfer is that Arsenal want €45 million for their captain. First of all even with the deal going through, Wenger is so afraid of the transfer window, he has drawn the drapes. The cash would sit idle. Secondly, that's an absurd amount of money for a player that would not play €45 mil worth of minutes.
The whole idea seems great if you are any other club but Barcelona. Imagine if Arsenal lost their last leader and one of their last top notch players? They would be in for a real scare. The transfer just doesn't seem to make sense on any level. I wouldn't doubt that the two clubs have some sort of scheme cooked up that I don't know about, but I'm confused on why this is becoming such a dragged out transfer saga over the past couple days.
Viva el futbol y Hala Madrid
Bobby
Cesc would be useless in what we are trying to do....The only way he could play is if we take out an attacker and use 2 up top....cesc could be right behind the 2...but i doubt they will make this move now...maybe in the future tho cuz xavi will be 30 soon
ReplyDeleteThe voice of a Blaugrana supporter agrees. It isn't often that us madridistas and you catalans agree upon things but we have found a rare similarity. They have been trying to impliment Keita into a Xavi or iniesta role... if Cesc shows up, he'll be unsettled too becaue, I, as you personally like him as a holding midfield. but u have Yaya with sergi busquets, a Pep favorite, in the second string spot for him.. Cesc would mess up a rythem I would think. you don't want that after losing eto'o and praying Ibra can adapt to ur style..
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