The future of Fab

Season after season our best players get linked with a move away from North London. So it isn't surprising that once again we have speculation surrounding Cesc Fabregas. The little spanish magician has been linked with moves to Barcelona and Real ever since he has come to the club. Speculation has been fuelled in the past couple of days after Cesc came out and said he would love a move to Barcelona. Sitting here as an Arsenal fan, this is the last thing I want to hear, as I'm sure is the case with the majority of other Arsenal fans. However despite this fact I'm still quietly confident that Cesc will stay atleast to the end of next season.

Year after year, Cesc reiterates his desire to return back home. We have to understand that Cesc has been at Arsenal since he was 16 years old, that is 7 years away from his homeland, his parents, his friends and his culture. He is still very young and sometimes i feel we forget that. We look at his mature head on the pitch and seem to think we are looking at a 30 year old. This is why I don't look too much into what Fabregas says to the media, I take it merely as an expression to return to the homeland at some point in his career. People seem to forget that Cesc reiterates his happiness at Arsenal week in, and week out. Controversy will always sell newspaper stories and produce a media field day.

I fully expect to see Fabregas wearing an Arsenal shirt next season, leading us out on the opening day of the season, hopefully with a few new signings following behind. It is inevitable however that Cesc will leave one day, we are powerless to stop that and it would be unreasonable to expect him to stay for the rest of his career. One day Barcelona will come in with a mammoth bid and Cesc will tell the club and the fans that it is time to leave, and we will wish him the best and move on like Arsenal Football Club should.

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