Barcelona are planning an audacious
£85million swoop next summer for
Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres.
The Catalan club are now boosted by
the massive cash injection from the
huge sponsorship deal with Qatar
Foundation which will be worth
£125million over five years.
And this will enable the club to make
sizeable offers for both Fabregas and
Torres.
The Arsenal captain Fabregas is a
native Catalan and was close to
moving back to his spiritual home in
the summer when Barcelona made
their interest known.
He was persuaded to stay after long
talks with manager Arsene Wenger–
but he is unlikely to resist should
Barcelona return in July.
Torres has had a strange season
with Liverpool.
At times he has looked back to his
best – as when he scored twice
when Chelsea were beaten at Anfield
this season.
But on other occasions, he has
looked disinterested and appears
disillusioned at Liverpool ’s lack of
progress while new manager Roy
Hodgson carries out his re-building
programme.
Torres is also wanted by Jose
Mourinho at Real Madrid – but Torres
would not go to the Bernabeu.
He grew up as an Atletico Madrid fan
and played for the club. He would
find it impossible to return to Spain
and play for Atletico ’s rivals.
Barca boss Pep Guardiola has
assembled a squad of fearsome
quality and are already hot
favourites to lift the Champions ’
League at Wembley next May.
But he has plans to maintain the
domination in Spain and in Europe
and already has a hit list of players
to bolster the squad for next season
– with Fabregas and Torres top of
the list.
And with the finance from Qatar,
money will be no object.
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