i'm all for world class signings, but dude, fabregas was the SKIPPER. you saw ramsey go down from shawdouche's tackle. who's the guy that pulled the team back together? cesc! i don't see ANYBODY else who can do that.

with almunia gone, i think the onus of captaincy will fall to our favorite dutch striker...which i still applaud, but robin's not cesc. not by a long shot.

ooh, just read that Asamoah may be signing soon, maybe i dont feel as bad, this kid is world class man

The only upside to this I see is that Wenger will probably get the 40 million euros hes asking for, we can at least buy another world class midfielder...

son of a motherfucker, that son of a bitch!!! TRAITOR!!! I'm sick with rage man you have no idea, I hope to god Barca receives some kind of sanctions for tapping up a contracted player, thats such BS, now who the hell are we going to have fill that position? I hope to god Ramsey steps it up next year, him and Nasri look to be the only ones that could even hope to be as creative as Cesc, FML man, my day has been ruined..

Cesc Fabregas tells Arsene Wenger in 'emotional' face-to-face meeting today that he wants to quit Arsenal for Barcelona - Goal.com <-- i just threw up.

with fulham going to the europa finals, i dunno if they're going to let hangeland go for cheap. if we do go for toure (lol @ trading one for the other...), who knows how much funds we have left? we get chamakh on the free, fine, but buffon (hah!) won't be cheap if we pursue.

AW wont let cesc go for less than 40 million euros, seems YT is a wantaway, Keita was starting over him because of a contract clause that allowed him to make a **** ton more money if he played more than 60% of the time, I think we'll snatch him up for 10-15 million, grab Schmack for free, pick up Hangeland from Fulham and Buffon would of course be an excellent bonus.

you know barca will be asking for cesc back. i'm not giving up cesc for ANYBODY.

so apparently we're linked with Y. Toure now, which I admit, would be awesome if it goes though, hes an excellent defensive midfielder which we definitely could use more depth in, hes excellent going forward and great in the air as well, make it happen AW!

Yaya Toure has 90% chance of leaving Barcelona - agent - Transfers - ESPN Soccernet

oh my god if Juve wants Almunia, PLEASE OH GOD PLEASE TAKE HIM!!!
i will be the happiest gooner alive if this goes through