bluemcr said:
LoveCity said:
Fabregas' record against City (x2), Real Madrid (x2) and Atletico Madrid (x4) last season: 0 goals, 0 assists and most notably subbed off in 7 of those 8 games after largely ineffective performances.
I watch Barca (and both Madrids) most weeks and he strikes me as a flat track bully, shining when they beat someone like Valladolid 6-0, but then doing nothing in the biggest games.
Koke would be a much better signing for us if we wanted a versatile midfielder who can play in different positions. Fabregas has been living too much off his reputation, padding his stats against cannon fodder, and the fact that after so much maneuvering and controversy in trying to re-sign him, Barca are now desperate to flog him when he's in the prime years of a footballer, should set off a few alarm bells.
He'd be a 'good' signing but not a necessary one, IMO. As I said, a luxury signing... we could do better.
Better, like who? pogba, vidal and barkley no chance because both would require vast sums of money.
I just named one - Koke. Though I don't know how much he'd cost. We wouldn't know how much we'd have to spend until 1). we sold Yaya (probably the only way Fabregas would join) and know how much we get for him and 2). how much, if any, leftover money we have after signing a defender and selling any squad players like Sinclair.
If we signed Fernando for £13m as expected, paid £30m for a defender, sold Yaya for £30m, and made £10m from various sales, it'd give us roughly £46m to spend on a Yaya replacement and a goalkeeper unless my maths is off (never my strong point).
