...The unrelenting rains in Gidi have been largely depressing. Not that i don't mind a little wetness in my life..*cough* but unless you are fortunate to reside in an area where the Roads haven't worn out to the point of exposing red clay which mixes nicely with rain water and leaves every where looking like a very bad art painting you probably wont understand my pain. Its just the sort of weather to match our transfer market gloom. It brings to mind those romcoms where a broken-hearted reminiscing lover sits sadly by the window while rain drops patter on the window with a really sad background music. In my living room one of those rainy days i was glued to Skyports news and it was the obnoxious Cesc to Man Utd story being aired over and over. i remember asking myself "shouldn't the existence of the so-called "First refusal clause" we have on Fabregas mean United get lost with their bid?" or is the reported existence of a refusal clause untrue in the first place? Who knows. Do you not sometimes get the feeling that clubs,the media,and agents take us fans who happen to be at the bottom of the food chain on a jolly ride during transfer windows? i think they do. It likely plays out like this: the agents collude with the media to churn out absolute falsehood, the club to whom the publicity favors helps sustain the propagation long enough to either push through a deal or get a player to re-sign. its an unholy symbiotic threesome that leaves each party a winner&the fans the ultimate loser.
This Fabregas to United story seems like another typical Circus. i'm starting to feel like its his agent fuelling this story. We know its common knowledge Cesc isn't first choice at Barca, no thanks to Xavi and Iniesta but i think someone is just trying to ruffle a few feathers. The plot seems to be that while Fabregas may not be first choice,all this is meant to boost his stock since its presumed Barca need to be reminded that he is a direct replacement for either of that duo incase of injuries. The club has come out to state Cesc is going no where but i can't be the only one biting nails hoping this deal dies a natural death.
If Fabregas goes to United, i think its safe to say many gooners will suffer emotional breakdown. He may have left us 2 seasons ago and under less than amicable circumstances but outside Henry, i feel no player has worn our colors with as much passion and heart like Fabregas. We loved him because of his abilities on the ball but more because he was ready to bleed for the shirt. These were the traits that culminated in Wenger making him skipper in 2010. i cant tell you how many debates between fellow fans i'v had, all saying Cesc was an A-hole to force his way out in the manner he did. Much as i will never excuse unprofessional conduct
i think his undoing was allowing his frustrations get the better of him. He appeared to have grown disillusioned with the disappointments of the Arsenal team, weary of carrying the team in the absence of quality support around him. Time after time, as summers went by with minimal squad strengthening, he began to feel his talents were better served elsewhere. To many fans,the above reasons serve as mitigating circumstances for his departure while to others they are just lame excuses for treating a club who nurtured you and gave you a shot at top flight European football when it seemed Barcelona didn't think much of you.
Apart from the obvious improvement on the pitch he will bring to United, i cant imagine who will want to endure another season of jeering from rival fans about having another ex-star player leave us to dorn the colors of our fierce rivals. The mere thought of it now makes me sick. Yes, i know its just a job for them. Footballers do not attach the same emotional angle to the game like the fans but still...did those tears in Milan he shed after scoring in the San Siro mean nothing? how about the emotional celebration after that dazzling solo run against Spurs in at the Emirates in 2009? Am i a sucker to have read too much into those spontaneous, fleeting moments of euphoria?..Maybe i am , but Cesc always came across as different. He tweeted in 2011the "once a gooner always a gooner" line and says it to anyone who cares to listen that Arsene Wenger and the club will remain in his heart until he is dead. Skeptics will point at Van persie as a case study, but in my opinion Fabregas is not compelled to make this move like Van persie. He is no longer the Trophy less one of 2009 that had little silverware to boast of. He now boasts the WorldCup medal,European champions medal, Spanish La Liga, Spanish Cup, and FIFA World club cup. Robin on the other hand had to choose between staying at Arsenal and hoping we suddenly become World beaters or take the easy route and move elsewhere to win trophies bearing in mind he was pushing 30. Seeing Van persie score against us was not fun, having the possibility of Fabregas do same to us a 2nd time in successive seasons, will be just horrible.
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