by Marc Roseblade
Arsene Wenger is willing to sell Fabregas, but who can fill the void?
Barcelona keep inching closer and closer to signing Arsenal and Spain international, Cesc Fabregas.
Fabregas is believed to have had an emotional face to face conversation with his current manager Arsene Wenger, pleading to be allowed to return to the team he grew up with and if recent reports emanating from the Nou Camp are to interpreted correctly, Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovich is to be offered as a makeweight in the transfer.
After signing David Villa from Valencia, who is likely to be paraded before the press and media tomorrow, Friday, Fabregas is top of the list of new players that the newly crowned La Liga champions wish to have playing for them next season.
Valencia may also lose another of their major stars to the Catalan giants as David Silva is also being chased. Barcelona already look like they are trying to establish a Spainish contingent in their team that would hopefully win the Champions League Final next season after falling in this years semi final to Inter Milan.
They have started looking toward next season early and want to tie players down before they head to the World Cup, thereby avoiding the scramble for players after the tournament finishes in July. Smart thinking from the Spanish title winners as tournaments such as this always create a false perspective of players and raise transfer fees to ridiculous levels. Not that Barça are short of a few Euros, but smart all the same.
