In some sort of Football Manager type spending spree I have tried to work out what would be done if Fabregas went to Barca.

Firstly no spending spree would be worthwhile if you have no money so where is the money? Well there is apparently between £25m and £50m in the kitty at the moment through player sales and being an efficiently and responsibly run football club. There will also be a £50m windfall from the sale of Fabregas. A penny less and I will be calling for the heads of several members of the backroom staff. Barca bought Ibrahimovic for £40m + Eto so they can't be too worried about wasting money.


Firstly if you sell you must replace. The realistic replacements are:-

Gourcuff - He seems to fit the Wenger requirements. French, "he az a good engine", good passing and movement. I think he is a good player and over 6" which would add a bit of physicality to the side. The downside is cost.

Ozil - similar to Gourcuff but German, he has become hot property after the first German match as the media jumped on the bandwagon. He is the closest option to Cesc in terms of contribution with 15 assists and 9 goals. It would be difficult to get him now and I think we have missed the boat on him.

Ireland/Johnston - Great players but very much comparatively bargain basement, they are out of favour with City and would love first team football.

The most obvious choice would be nobody. move Arshavin to play in the hole behind the Chamakh attack and RvP. If not Nasri is another option. I really rate him and would love him to be able to step up, we spend £15m on him and he needs to if we are being honest.

The other choice is to keep him but it would effectively cost the club £60m (missed transfer fee and wages) and nobody knows what will happen if he does play again, he might get the Ronaldo sulk or the Gallas own goal threat.

Basically I have no idea what to do with Fab, that would be the conclusion so sorry for wasting your time! Actually sell Fab for £60m and its all good.


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Sort out our SHAMBOLIC DEFENCE. Clichy and Sagna have been disappointing this season and offer very little going forward because of their AWFUL crossing, however they spend a lot of their time going forward making us vulnerable to attacks. I am not saying to drop them but I am convinced that Gibbs should start ahead of Clichy and maybe Eboue in front of Sagna but where we need a world class player is the Gallas replacement. A Chiellini/Pique/Puyol/Lucio type of player who will really influence things and control the team. Especially if we lose our captain. We need a strong spine to the team and a world class defender will help with that. Gallas had no respect in the team and you could tell. TV5 needs a world class partner, it will make him look better and give him more confidence, centre backs are a team.

I don't think we should spend all of the money but things need to be changed.

Firstly a Goalkeeper needs to be bought, a good one. Robert Green!

Who else? Oh Kaka, Chavi and Messi!