We got Cesc on the cheap, boasts Barcelona supremo
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We got Cesc on the cheap, boasts Barcelona supremo
Winner: Fabregas celebrates scoring the winner against Chile with the Spanish national side
Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu believes the club's £35million acquisition of Cesc Fabregas was 'a very good deal'.
The 24-year-old completed his protracted return to his boyhood team last month - eight years after leaving to sign for the Gunners as a teenager in 2003 - and has made an impressive start to life back in Catalonia.
He scored a stunning goal in the European Super Cup against Porto and also netted against Villarreal on his Primera Division debut, prompting Bartomeu to observe that the World Cup winner's real valuation is closer to the £52.5m Arsenal initially demanded.
'The transfer of Cesc was a very good deal for us,' he said.
'His real price was what Arsenal initially asked - at least 60m euros.
'The fact that we announced in advance that we would only spend 45m euros this summer worked to our advantage. Clubs were already aware of our position.'
Bartomeu also remained hopeful that coach Pep Guardiola, who has guided Barca to three straight La Liga titles and two Champions League crowns since taking over in summer 2008, will commit to the club beyond this season.
'He's very smart and he will say [when he's ready to talk],' said the vice-president. 'We will give all the tools so that when we talk it will be very difficult to say no.'
Reports have claimed Barca had reached a pre-contract agreement with Santos for Brazil teenager Neymar to sign in two years' time - something the Brazilian club deny - and Bartomeu was coy on the topic.
'He's a great player and young,' he said. 'There are European clubs who want him. It is Barcelona's obligation to follow young talent who will be good.'
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they sign cesc on a big bargain for sure as for player on his level suppose to have higher value than what he tagged when barca bought him in this summer...SGBET7
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Originally posted by Sgbet7:
they sign cesc on a big bargain for sure as for player on his level suppose to have higher value than what he tagged when barca bought him in this summer...SGBET7
Sibei cheapskate way of advertising under the guise of a supposedly football comment.
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Normally, a fall comes after a boast haha. See how it goes next.
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Man, off the pitch, Barcelona is irritating me to no end.
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Guardiola is a mega flop on the transfer market..................
either losing big money or his signings don't really shine................
he can only make the team play well...........all the players were already there....................
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i suck
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Originally posted by Mcspicyevm:
i quoted this. i suck too.
so i'll lose nothing and profit for sure ?