Cesc to Chelsea is THE Nightmare Scenario

Article by e-Arsenal Correspondent Kingsley Okiwelu

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The last couple of days have seen a veritable dialing down of the Fabregas to Arsenal rumors. Whilst I harbour few illusions about how much of the most recent reporting is grounded in fact, it’s still worrisome to ponder the possibility that the start of next season may see Fabregas don the jersey of a rival premiership club.

Of all the possible scenarios, the very worst in my estimation will be to see the former Arsenal hero file out for Chelsea. Why this is so, I am not too sure. Anyone who has a passing acquaintance with my previous articles will have noticed that I am usually in agreement with the majority of Wenger’s decisions. Heck, I was even sanguine about Van Persie’s move to Manchester United (even if I feel those familiar pangs of pain whenever the Dutchman scores for his current club). However, it’s still my opinion that letting Fabregas go to Manchester United will constitute a serious error of judgement on Wenger’s part.

I have to admit that my reasons for feeling this way do not necessarily emanate from a cold-blooded, rational appraisal of the situation. My reasons have more to do with the heart than the head. Perhaps it’s because of what I feel will be the symbolic import of letting an Arsenal prodigy, a player who represents all that is right about the Wenger ethos of giving youth a chance and not hesitating to blood young players when they are good and ready to play. As opposed to letting this positive exemplar of Wenger’s philosophy go to a club that represents the very antithesis of what Arsenal represents. Or it could be because of the likely effect on Arsenal’s long suffering fans. The angst that such a move may engender at the beginning of a new season will most likely make the upheaval that followed Van Persie’s move to Manchester pale in comparison. Whatever be the case, Arsenal fans can do without another early season bout of apprehension and paranoia.

Perhaps the only grounds, on which such an abdication of what I consider is the club’s responsibility to bring Cesc back, will be the capture of another great talent, someone like Paul Pogba for instance. However, it’s difficult to see Arsenal stomping up the cash to make such a momentous purchase. It certainly seems too much to expect the typically frugal Arsène Wenger to come up with the sort of sums being bandied about as being required to prise the young, French defensive midfielder away from Juventus (especially coming so soon after spending 42 million on Ozil last term). It appears much more reasonable to expect Arsenal to pay the 30 odd Million pounds that seems to be the minimum that Barcelona is willing to accept as a transfer fee for Fabregas.

In the final analysis we may simply be hyperventilating over a non-issue. It’s quite possible that all the noises coming out of the Fabregas camp may just be a case of a wily agent trying to get a pay rise from his current employers. Alternatively, for someone as familiar with the dark arts of securing the best possible for his client as Darren Dein (remember the RVP transfer, anybody ?), it may be a case of simply throwing a smokescreen and trying to gauge Arsenal’s interest. I certainly hope so. Or is that just another instance of the sentimentalist in me engaging in some wishful thinking?

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