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We all know the tale of Cesc Fabregas, his dramatic return to Barcelona after eight years at Arsenal, which tore him apart (so much he went on strike to leave), and the constant speculation that he’ll return to the club that made him captain and brought him to prominence.

Do we dare?

Much like last summer, reports have emerged that Barcelona wish to offload more peripheral players like Fabregas to fund a move for a new striker and centre-back. Arsenal have first-refusal rights for Fabregas, and would only have to play £30m as opposed to his £75m release clause thanks to the buy-back installed in the contract by Arsene Wenger.

Combined with the fact that he and his partner are apparently keen to raise their new child in London, and he’s been liking Arsenal-related images on Instagram, the idea of him returning doesn’t seem too far-fetched. If he did return, he’d certainly be the best player at the club.

Perhaps not

I don’t like to be the party-pooper, but a lot of reports are fairly liberal with their interpretations of Fabregas’s situation.

He’s started the most games for Barca this season behind Messi and Xavi, and is their second-highest scorer this season. When Tito Vilanova was healthy and had full control over the team, Fabregas was arguably their most important player. Barca’s more direct style relied on his vertical movement and late arrivals in the box.

Now Barca are stuck between philosophies, and Fabregas is having difficulties. If things aren’t sorted out he will continue to struggle for game time, but Vilanova will likely continue on and impress a more direct style on Barcelona once more.

And, what’s to say he’ll return to Arsenal? He’s always said that he’d never play for another team than Arsenal or Barca, but footballers LIE. He’ll end up at City, or Milan or Spurs because God hates Arsenal. Or something.

Fabregas to Arsenal - Poll results:

Yes - 84.8%
No - 11.6%
I don't know - 3.6%

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#38 Nordin 2013-05-18 13:16
Let move on. Fab as good as he is, he should have stay with Arsenal. He leave us dry. Now, we are over him.
#37 No10 2013-05-18 11:45
Do we need a skilled midfield player who worships our club? Of course we do! Him and Benteke + Fellaini who are all Arsenal lover. Come Aw you can buy skills AND passion.
#36 ali 2013-05-17 15:03
yess plzzz would love to see cesc back at Arsenal..
#35 ben 2013-05-10 16:03
alex yes but not fabrigas
+1 #34 Fidelis Bolaji 2013-05-09 22:08
Pls let Fabregas and Alex Song come to Arsenal
-2 #33 lvonovich 2013-05-09 19:39
No need for him to come back we are just. Contented with what we have at the moment
let him stay where he his....
-1 #32 Wasike 2013-05-08 18:08
No need in Carzola we belief.
+2 #31 Ben 2013-05-07 08:49
Come back ASAP and he will go down as the legend
-9 #30 TONY 2013-05-03 00:03
I DON'T WANT HIM BACK PERHAPS WE HAVE CAZORLA, WILSHERE AND ROSICKY. ALL WE NEED IS "ALEXANDRE SONG"
-5 #29 Lord Nero 2013-05-02 06:09
Fabregas is like the biblical prodigal son.if he returns to Arsenal, I'd gladly welcome him backBut all I can say to  My fellow Gooners is "Dream on Fellas!"
+8 #28 Britz23 2013-05-01 17:24
I could see Fabregas returning to Arsenal, I would be the happiest Arsenal fan in the world!!! I think that he is one of the best,fabregas,wilshe re and cazorla in midfield, what a dream
+8 #27 GooneRed 2013-05-01 13:37
Cesc Fabregas:

Player in the top 15 (I believe) ALL TIME premier league assists despite playing half the number of seasons as most of those around him.

Player with the most assists in the whole of Europe over a 3 year period before leaving.

I'd take him back in a heart beat.
+7 #26 nic 2013-05-01 13:37
He brings magic to any side and that's what our midfield lacks at the moment.I will take him back anytime.
+5 #25 Alan 2013-05-01 12:56
Really? Want Fab back. 2nd highest scorer at Barca. Playing midfield. Send the Taxi and a cheque.
#24 TAR 2013-05-01 08:58
with roiscky being 30+ we could need a replacement in the midfield. Who do u play? Ramsey, arteta, wilshere, fab, carzola? With none being a solid defensive midfielder, could we buy a defensive midfielder? Who is on the bench? Wenger.....a good coach knows how to rotate his players effectively, we need the depth in the team, but the way u rotate these stars depends on the quality of ur coaching and decsion making.
-1 #23 Onyekineso 2013-05-01 07:32
Anyone who says that Feb has nothing to give arsenal is being unnecessarily untruthful but is that enough reason for him to return? I think it's a NO! I see Feb's betrayal as more painful and cruel than Van persie! Wenger had reached the harvest of his experience and suddenly, the centre(febregas) of the group just left! Febregas shpould never return!
#22 Double98 2013-05-01 07:20
He left us. He manipulated the move. On an open market he was worth 50 mill at the time so he effectively stole from us.

He claimed to still love us, but in the end he just did the same as nasri or hleb. He used us as a stepping stone and it didn't go great.
I'd rather stick it out with jack or spend 30 mill on yaya toure
#21 RomanianGunner 2013-05-01 07:06
Who can say "no" to cesc? There is no doubt that will give strenght to our team,so, Yes!!!but still,i don't think he will leave barca to soon...
+1 #20 alacrity 2013-05-01 04:29
good player and our former captain that opens the gate for others to follow, we don't want back cos of d dna thing in you.
-4 #19 KLV 2013-05-01 04:14
No. We don't need him back. If he comes back, after a few years, he will itch to move again, perhaps even back to Barcelona, perhaps due to a third party, say his wife, kids etc. it will happen, so why bother bringing him back? We hv to move forward.
+2 #18 Coeank_Gooners AIS 2013-05-01 01:09
He (fabregas) GONE when WE (arsenal) NEED HIM, THIS IS THE FACT, if you hate my comment , its no problem for me, coz I LOVE ARSENAL
-1 #17 Coeank_Gooners AIS 2013-05-01 00:19
I Said : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! !!
#16 greatdemmy 2013-05-01 00:06
@onyekineso...you are so on point mate even though many gooners will disagree...cesc runied wenger's project so I would not want him to return and destroy le prof's project for the second time. But I still love cesc
#15 goldberg 2013-04-30 23:40
who is going to be on the bench when he returns wlishere,arteta,carz ola,rosicky or who ?
+4 #14 arsenal 4 ever 2013-04-30 23:27
everybody deserve 2nd chance,lets give him another chance, its much better to see him back at Arsenal rather then see him play for Man.***y, Man. Untidy, or Chelski.
thumbs up for return of our capiten.
-1 #13 Onyekineso 2013-04-30 22:57
Yes, he is Good but there are other good Midfielders! Wenger had a plan for these boyz but febregas opened the door for others to go!Let him go anywhere he want except Arsenal! He killed wenger's plan! He had turned his back on us....
#12 ast 2013-04-30 22:43
Okay. No one is better than Cesc only xavi and iniesta. It's pretty fair to say that The fans want him But it all dependes on the three parties'
i.e
-Cesc [Does he want us right now]
-Barca[Do they want to sell him]
-Arsene[Will he spend 30 mil £]
#11 XI_Gunner 2013-04-30 22:20
The timing would be terrible to bring back fabregas this soon after he left.... I wouldn't mind it 3 years from now.. not yet... i think it would fail.
+8 #10 James 2013-04-30 22:15
Would love him back. Always hoped he'd rejoin the club after 5 or 6 years at Barcelona, but if we get him back after 2, even better. Considering what he achieved playing sometimes alongside the likes of Denilson, Song and Diaby, it's exciting to think what he could achieve alongside Wilshere, Cazorla, Arteta and hopefully Jovetic.

Unfortunately, can't see the reports being true about Barcelona already looking to sell him.
+7 #9 James 2013-04-30 22:12
Well, well, well... Do we really need him-yes! Will he improve our team-yes! Will his 2nd coming bring us the much sought-after silver-probably... Then let's give it a try. I also think he's more mature now.
+6 #8 Davi 2013-04-30 21:55
I don't think I've seen a central midfielder so adept at cutting teams apart as Cesc was at Arsenal (of course my football memory doesn't go back past the mid-90s but still). He was like a deep-lying Zidane but his stats were better. He was always going to leave but he did it far too early IMO, and we could have won something last season if we'd had him and a finally fit RVP in the same side. If he wanted to come back, we'd be fools to pass up the opportunity because we couldn't do any better for that position.
+1 #7 Sue 2013-04-30 21:33
He went on strike and paid to leave us. he stayed,nobody would have left. Let him stay at home, where he said he wants to die.
+3 #6 Tom 2013-04-30 20:53
They probably still owe money considering they still owed money on Henry 3 years after.

Anyone who says they dont want Fabregas back is an *** and shouldn't be allowed to make a comment! Cabbie that means you!
+1 #5 rellends 2013-04-30 20:53
massive no brainer. of course i would. not gonna happen though.
#4 Samuel 2013-04-30 20:45
Cesc fabregas should stay at barcelona. He has what it takes to make it. Fight for your place into first team. These young people are the ones that will be called barcelona . Iniesta endured ronaldinho, messi endured, xavi why won't you. Responsibilities are high in barca.
#3 GaryH 2013-04-30 20:05
We should pay the same fee Barcelona paid for him, if not im sure we had a 50% sell on fee in his contract. £25mil to us or 50% of what he moves for sounds good too.
-2 #2 The Cabbie 2013-04-30 19:59
Lets go forward ,we have to many midfield players all doing the same thing
+5 #1 Terry 2013-04-30 19:54
what a silly question u ask who wouldnt want cecs back at arsenal ... its like u loose 1 million dollars and if u find that back wont u take it back... he is the best midfielder to have ever played for us!!!