50M for Fabregas

It is being reported this morning that Arsene Wenger is willing to call Barcelona’s bluff and slap a price tag of £50m on Cesc Fabregas. Today’s Mirror says that Wenger will be happy to accept the money to bring in a few top-class players to rebuild the Arsenal squad.

Another benefit of giving them a basic figure for Fabregas is that they have to say either yes or no, and if the answer is negative then there will be no repeat of last season’s continual tapping up of his captain by the Barcelona team.

The Mirror though says that there is “a growing belief” that Fabregas will finally get his wish to join his boyhood team, and if Nasri and Clichy also refuse to sign new contracts, then Wenger will have a massive amount of cash to bring in able replacements for a fresh assault on the title next season.

Wenger has already indicated that he intends to bring in some mature and experienced players, and if he can have all the proceeds of his sales (and don’t forget Denilson) added to his “war chest” then he really could compete for the very best players in the transfer market.

Would everyone be happy if Wenger got £50m for Fabregas?