da bet7： I never fail to be amazed at the sheer stupidity of footballers and their outlandish remarks. Carles Puyol believes Arsenal need to show Cesc Fabregas some respect and allow him to move to Barcelona:
da luck： “I think Arsenal need to respect his class and show the same class by giving the guy who has given so much to them the move that he and his family want.
“He isn’t just being deprived of moving to the best club in the world, more importantly, he is being deprived of coming home.
“He has tried everything to win trophies at Arsenal and when he sees the success so many of his Spanish team-mates are having at Barcelona, it’s only natural that he should want to be a part of that.” (Sun)
I find it a bit rich that Puyol asking for a little respect given the shameless way he forced a shirt onto Cesc last week and the scandalous actions of his football club in tapping him up in the past few months, which has subsequently turned the player’s head. Success has clearly got to the officials and players of Barcelona’s heads and this great club, who use to go about their business with absolute class and decorum, find themselves acting in the same shameful and underhand manner as their great rivals Madrid. Unfortunately the game’s governing bodies continue to turn a blind eye on their actions, subsequently giving them the green light to carry on with their policy.
Speaking with Barcelona fans about this current situation I was surprised as to how many of them believed that the club was well within their right to adopt their behaviour, given the way we brought Fabregas to Arsenal in the first place. When I pressed them on what rules we had actually broken in obtaining a young Fabregas, a sudden silence and a quick shrug was the best they could muster in response. They failed to realise that there was no gun to Cesc’s head when he decided to walk out on this apparent ‘club of his dreams’ at 16 and no appreciation of what Arsenal had actually done in making him the player he is.
I have always questioned the final point about Cesc and his great love of Barcelona and whether he would have been so keen to move back to the Nou Camp had it not been for their current set-up and status. I guess we will never know but the fact remains that it was Arsenal that gave him the opportunity and platform to make him the player he is and that should never be forgotten. My own personal view is that not a lot has changed and the same reasons he decided to move from Catalan all those years ago is still relevant today, as there are too many obstacles still ahead of him and a place on the bench is going to be the likely place for Fabregas if he were to move on. Barcelona may now feel that they have the god given right to obtain his services, but the likes of Messrs Puyol, Rosell, Busquets and Xavi need to realise that it is their own and club’s lack of RESPECT that has prevented any move this summer reaching fruition.
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