Premier League - Barca keen on Cesc, Robinho

Eurosport - Sun, 11 Oct 17:08:00 2009

Barcelona are keen on signing Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas and Manchester City's Robinho, and are are looking to add to their squad in the January transfer window, sporting director Txiki Begiristain said.

2009-10 Premier League Arsenal Cesc Fabregas (PA Photo) - 0

The European champions may need reinforcements as they will lose Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure during January's African Cup of Nations and will also be without Seydou Keita should Mali qualify for the three-week long tournament in Angola.

"There are options for us to strengthen (the squad) yes," Begiristain told the Sport newspaper.

"We will see if any of our defenders can play in central midfield," he added. "It's an option. Depending on that, we could look to buy a forward."

Asked whether Barca would make an offer for Manchester City's Brazilian forward Robinho, Begiristain said: "He is a very interesting footballer and could play (for us) in the Champions League."

Begiristain said the club was still interested in signing Bayern Munich's French forward Franck Ribery should the Bundesliga club put him on the market and added he was sure Gunners captain Fabregas would move back to Barcelona at some point.

"He's a player who fits the Barca profile," he told Sport.

"He was born suckling on football here and one day he will end up playing at the Camp Nou. I am sure."

Reuters

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  1. The only one who might be able to make a difference is­ ribery. Xavi and ineasta already play in Cesc's­ favoured position, and they are both better than him,­ so he would just end up on the bench. Ribery could do­ well on one of the sides. Best if he would go left.­ Ribery, Ibra, Messi, what a strikers partnership it­ would be.

    From Max M, on Fri 16 Oct 1:10AM
  2. I think that every club has a right to choose players­ and make an offer...... but its the priviledge of the­ player to accept or decline.

    From marilacson, on Tue 13 Oct 3:24PM
  3. Barca already have many players,Why must buy more and­­ Fabregas has ARS DNA,because ARS teached him to play­­ good football and become a world class player,not­­ Barca.And if ARS did not bring him to London seven­­ years ago,He would not be famous like now.

    From Wt, on Tue 13 Oct 10:32AM
  4. The only reason Barca are pushing now for Cesc is not­ to go to Madrid....They have enough force and quality­ in midfield for next 2-3 years. Xavi is not getting­ younger, but could play at high level for 2-3 more­ years. If Barca get Cesc now - they probably will put­ him on the left side (instead of Henry)....No need for­ Ribery - it's nonsense to pay so much for the­ scarface - he is good but not so much. Robinho - he is­ not a team player - no need of him. Could mess the­ dressing room as did Ronaldinho

    From dveselin73, on Tue 13 Oct 9:49AM
  5. Im an Arsenal Fun, but i dont like the way things­ happen @ Arsenal, we make up players for other teams,­ when are we ever going to buy players like other teams­ do, Arsene Wenger needs to reliased that the same­ players he sells turn against em when facing them in­ the other teams say Adebayour @ Man City see what­ happen, that simply means we sell the best player &­ remains with young stars who cant stand the pressure­ with big teams, this time around i dont expect to be­ among the top four @ the end of the season, we might be­ replaced by either Man City or Hot Spurs, we dont ve­ dependeble player, im pieced with that, i might even­ stop supporting Arsenal for postmouth

    From McJack, on Tue 13 Oct 6:31AM
  6. Cesc will soon come back Home where he was born and­ raised.

    From Abc, on Mon 12 Oct 10:02PM
  7. CESC IS ARSENALS KEY MAN, WOULD BARCA LET MESSI GO?

    From N, on Mon 12 Oct 9:33PM
  8. I am so sorry for Arsenal and Arsene.....

    From Dynamic, on Mon 12 Oct 9:23PM
  9. I'm a Utd fan firstly...
    Why would Fabregas go to­ Barcelona when they have Xavi and Iniesta there­ already? plus Busquets, Toure and Keita? In the three­ man system, they need a more defensive midfielder to­ allow Xavi and Iniesta to create more, so if Cesc went­ there, he wouldn't even be a starter. Maybe in 4 or­ 5 years when Xavi is looking to retire, but if he moved­ there anytime soon, he wouldn't get anywhere near­ as much playing time as he would like.
    As for Robinho,­ I hope he does go to Barca, personally I think he's­ rubbish, he's a big time charlie, he doesn't­ work hard enough to succeed in English football, his­ work rate levels are rubbish, so he'd be better­ suited to the much slower, but more technical Spanish­ league, I also think City play better without him,­ Bellamy and Petrov both give more to City.
    Back to the­ Cesc issue again, I think he's incredible, probably­ the best centre mid in the world for me. But it­ wouldn't be the end of the world for Arsenal if he­ left, they'd get a huge amount of money for him,­ plus they have some fantastic young midfielders at the­ club to replace him. Denilson, Nasri, Lansbury, Song,­ Diaby, Rosicky, Ramsey... they have plenty of­ potential. Much better than my own Man Utd team do­ right now, our midfield is absolute pants, the only­ midfielder of ours who would get in the Arsenal 11 is­ Fletcher.

    From Prince Edward B, on Mon 12 Oct 8:30PM
  10. Barca already have many players,Why must buy more and­­ Fabregas has ARS DNA,because ARS teached him to play­­ good football and become a world class player,not­­ Barca.And if ARS did not bring him to London seven­­ years ago,He would not be famous like now.

    From Wt, on Mon 12 Oct 6:39PM
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    cesc belongs to barca viva la revolution

    From Joey, on Mon 12 Oct 6:11PM
  12. COME ON BARCA I BEG U 2 TRANSFER ROBINHO AND FABREGAS­ TO THE SQUAD AND RIBERY IF POSSIBLE PLEASE PLEASE­ PLEASE. HENRY IS GETTING OLD SO HE COULD BE REPLACED BY­ ROBINHO . XAVI AND FABREGAS MIDDFIELDERS WHO WOULD GIVE­ SUPERB BALLS TO MESSI AND IBRA . RIBERY WHO COULD PLAY­ AT MESSI OR HENRY'S PLACE. BUT NEVER TAKE OFF HENRY­ FROM BARCA LET HIM PLAY SOME MATCHES TOO. DEFENDERS­ ALVES, MAXWELL, PIQUE, PUYOL, INFRONT OF THEM TOURE,­ INFRONT OF TOURE XAVI & FABREGAS, WINGERS ROBINHO­ AND MESSI AND STRIKE Z.IBRA.
    SUBSTITUDES : INIESTA,­ RIBERY, CHYNGRINSKIY, KEITA, ABIDAL, PEDRO, JEFFREN,­ MARQUEZ, BOJAN, BUSQUETS, HENRY, PINTO, JARQUER(NOT­ SURE OF THE SPELLING)

    From barcelonarulzz, on Mon 12 Oct 4:56PM
  13. TO ALL OF YOU SPANISH F. ECKERS F. OFF F. OFF CESC IS­ A GOONER AND BY THE WAY LOVES ARSENAL, WENGER, AND­ LONDON SO KEEP YOUR SMELLY, DIRTY, HANDS OFF COME ON­ GUYS THUMBS
    UP ERE

    From lanesra, on Mon 12 Oct 4:01PM
  14. com 24! dave U are rubbish, so f c k off u p r i c­ k! Visca el Barca!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Mon 12 Oct 3:39PM
  15. com. 23! dino! it's better if I let U know,­ there's no average midfielder at Barca! U are­ nonesense! Visca el Barca!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Mon 12 Oct 3:36PM
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    V.Valdés - Puyol, Piqué, Muniesa - S.Busquets,­ Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta - Pedro, Bojan, Messi. A­ homegrown starting eleven. Visca el Barca!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Mon 12 Oct 2:54PM
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    Go home Cesc! Visca el Barca!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Mon 12 Oct 2:45PM
  18. Just to add to it, We know he will go, but he is not­ needed in Barca now, so just wait till Arsenal are­ done, then a replacement in Wilshere, Ramsey, Nasri­ will be ready, maybe even Merida, till then, spanish­ papers should give it a rest, the boy has Kissed the­ gunner badge..for now.

    From Dale, on Mon 12 Oct 2:01PM
  19. Personally, I do not like one player grabbing all the­ attention of a team, especially one of the stature or­ Arsenal. Fabregas does not make Arsenal what it is. It­ is Wenger who has the most influence. If Cesc leaves,­ it’s fine. No one is indispensible, especially at­ Arsenal. Players have been leaving a lot in the past­ few years and Arsene/nal has learnt to cope. Just to­ remind you, there is Nasri, Ramsey, and Wilshere to­ replace him. All young players with lots of growing to­ do - and they can do just that at Arsenal. The­ difference is - Who is really committed to the team? I­ hope Fabregas is - otherwise it’s no train smash, just­ disappointment by Arsenal faithfuls.

    From kruis321, on Mon 12 Oct 1:03PM
  20. he will go eventually. I just want him to stay for a­ few more years till 26. Then he can do what he wants,­ and we will have buit an amzing team and will have back­ up for cesc when he leaves.

    From Tom, on Mon 12 Oct 12:53PM
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