Arsenal to hand Fabregas £100,000 / week contract?
Rumours suggest that Arsenal will be handing Cesc Fabregas a contract extension this summer as a recognition of his growing maturity and increased importance to the London club.
This begs two questions:
With several years already left on his Arsenal contract, why not leave this for next season and use that money to find reinforcements for the Arsenal squad?
Doesn’t this imply that if it weren’t for the money, Fab’s agent would have whisked him off to Spain (the same’s true for any top young talent, unfortunately)?
For what it’s worth, I think Arsenal should pay Fab whatever he wants, as long as he improves season on season and grows into the leader fans expect him to be. He’s done well so far but a) there’s a long way to go for him to fulfill his potential and b) Arsenal need to provide support in the form of experienced, quality players.
Otherwise that 100k / week isn’t going to win them the title.
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Cesc is good. Hopefully he will continue to improve. But Ahmed’s point is very valid that Wenger needs to surround him with quality. Hopefully some proven quality as well.
I think the reason why Arsenal is sputtering down the stretch is that too many of the kids on the team are still learning how to be quality players on their own and are not equipped to play well as team mates yet.
The Arsenal first team is arguably one of the best in the league when totally healthy but with out more quality, experienced depth they will continue to struggle over the long season. The individuals who make up the bench are all strong on their own, and it is a testament to this strength that the team only has two losses this season, but they don’t mesh that well with others when they come in or in their starts. Team play, as exemplified by ManU and their stunning teamwork, is vital to winning tight games where individual brilliance will only take you so far.
Unfortunately I just don’t know what it is going to take to jog Wenger out of his convictions that he can win it all without paying for proven players at all. As Arsenal fans we can only hope he does come to this realization.