Dash Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Barcelona has officially announced the signing of Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas in a deal worth around 39 million euros. The Spain international has signed a five-year deal with his new club. The Catalans pay an initial fee of 29 million euros for the midfielder plus variable amounts of 5 million euros and another 5 million euros. The Catalan club had been chasing its former youth-team midfielder for three summers and finally agreed a deal to sign the 24-year-old on Monday following weeks of arduous negotiations with the north London outfit. Both clubs already announced on Sunday evening that they had reached an agreement in principle about the transfer and Fabregas has now agreed personal terms and completed his medical as well. Barca announced the deal on its official website, saying, "Cesc has signed a contract that will keep him with Barcelona until 2016. He has a limited fee release clause of 200 million euros." Earlier, defenders Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique had welcomed their friend and international team-mate to the Catalan club on Twitter. Pique had claimed that "today will be a great day" and later all but confirmed the deal as he tweeted, "We now have him here". Puyol then showed his delight at the prospective move as he wrote, "Welcome home!!! Happy to have you here @cesc4official". http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2011/08/15/2620837/official-barcelona-confirms-29m-signing-of-arsenals-cesc fml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Good to see Cesc back home! And BTW, the Spanish La Liga strike's over: http://www.soccerway.com/news/2011/August/25/la-liga-strike-lifted/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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