CESC FABREGAS IS to return to the Premier League next season, with the Spain midfielder agreeing to join Chelsea.
FC Barcelona confirmed the clubs have agreed terms for the former Arsenal skipper.
The 27-year-old has joined on a five-year contract and will wear the no 4 shirt.
“Firstly I would like to thank everyone at FC Barcelona where I enjoyed three wonderful years. It was my childhood club and I will always be proud and honoured that I had a chance to play for such a great team,” Fabregas says.
“I do feel that I have unfinished business in the Premier League and now is the right time to return.
“Yes, everyone knows that Arsenal had the first option to sign me. They decided not to take this option and therefore it wasn’t meant to be. I wish them well in the future.
“I considered all the other offers very carefully and I firmly believe that Chelsea is the best choice. They match my footballing ambitions with their hunger and desire to win trophies. They have an amazing squad of players and an incredible manager. I am fully committed to this team and I can’t wait to start playing.”
“If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me”- Cesc Fabregas, 2010.
Money talks, ladies and gentlemen
That quote has never been verified.
Pity its a fake quote, or what seems to be one. If you look up the quote the place it originated from was Twitter and Facebook and that be said it originated very recently.
Chelsea are going to have some midfield now. Hazard, Willian, Oscar, Ramires and now Fabregas. Meanwhile at Manchester UInited have Nani, Young, Fellaini, Cleverley.
Ed Woodward still has the nightmares
Ed Woodward is the nightmare
As a replacement for Lampard, they could have done a lot worse!
Why wegner why…..
As a liverpool supporter……..i feel like crying
Sure he would never have went to Liverpool anyway. He was Chelsea bound from the very start like.
Why Jack? Were Liverpool actually in for him?
Ill rephrase my comment.
As a supporter of a prem team thats not chelsea……i am crying
Having him does not guarantee anything Jack, they already had a solid midfield… what did it get them? These players still have to fit in…. if Fabregas is the player he is really meant to be, would Barcelona have sold him????
He replaces Lampard and with Costa on the way they have an amazing squad..
I dont like saying it graham but i cant see us realistically being in the title race in april next year like this year. Fabregas will only make chelsea far better
Jack, have faith….. Chelsea have had a world class squad for the last 10 years…..
Graham. Barca sold yaya. Hasn’t done too bad, except for birthdays.
How was the deal structured? I was reading it would be done to shaft Arsenal and a clause in the transfer to Barcelona….
Ill try…..ill try…..
Gutted. Cesc has been one of if not my favourite Arsenal player.
Cannot believe Wenger has let him sign for our direct competitor.
People who say we are well stocked in midfield must not remember last season too well. From Jan to April, with Ramsey out, Özil off form and out, Wilshere out, Arteta and Cazorla running on empty and Diaby being the glass man that he is, I would’ve given anything to have had a player of Fabregas’s quality to call upon.
I can’t blame Cesc for this. He was being pushed out at Barca and wanted to come back to the Premier League, to Arsenal and we turned him down.
We’ll have no one to blame but ourselves when he’s doing a lap of honour at Stamford Bridge with a Premier League medal wrapped around his neck and we’re possibly scraping into 4th with a strike force consisting of Giroud and Carlos Vela!!!
I’m just gutted. Thanks for ruining World Cup day Arsenal
Now my comment on the nxt article looks stupid
Excellent singing for Chelsea
Shows how much he loved Arsenal doesnt it……
Arsenal had the first option in buying him back but they never triggered it, it’s hardly his fault now is it ?
He said after Torres moved that he’d never go to another English Club after Arsenal.
Van Gaal and that fool Woodward….better bring in some quality over the summer…because they way it looks now Chelsea and City are gonna dominate…Liverpool will be up there as well with them
Did u expect them to get him? He was always going to go back to London and would of course want champions league football..
As a Chelsea fan I am delighted to say the least :) #incescwetrust
Incest?
@Kieran Patton Spot on! How is this real? No way would Wenger let him sign for Chelsea, it isn’t in his nature. Arsenal fans have been going on about this move for months, it would have been a very popular signing imo!
“No way would Wenger let him sign for Chelseam it isnt in his nature”??
He sold Van Persie to Man Utd, Nasri to Man city, Ashley Cole to Chelsea, Clichy to Man City, Adebayor too.
Wenger obviously doesn’t think he is worth the big transfer fee. He didn’t set the world alight at barca, their fans were booing him at the end of the season, and he is injury prone. Arsenal could easily be right to pass on him, I imagine Ramires will be out the door now
Money grabbing mercenary.
Sure why wouldn’t he move?? Their career is so short they have to make the most of it!!
Because he “loves” Arsenal and “could never move to another English club after Arsenal” maybe?
Why would he love arsenal anymore? They were probably his 1st choice club to go to and they didnt want him…
He was wasting away at Barca Arsenal didnt want him Chelsea did. He did what was right. Think he wouldve gone to any time for First Team football.
Watch Torres bang them in next season with plenty of assists from Fabregas
United should have been all over this signing… bad start not getting him. To be fair if Liverpool want to even finish top 4 next year their name should have been the mix too.
Why would he go to United? Not going to waste a few years of his career trying to break into the top 4.
With the money that Chelsea can spend, if they are interested in a player, they will get him.
He’d go to United because I’m a United fan…. obviously!! #StupidQuestion
Delirih
Wat a good player, arsenals lost, wasters they are