Re: **** OFFICIAL Premiership 2007-08 season Thread!*****
Arsenal were not implicated in anyway with what happened to Meridia.
He choose to move to Arsenal when he was 16, however he already had a pre-contract agreement with Barca. Barca sued MERIDA not Arsenal. However Arsenal are paying the fine for him.
It basically boils down to Barca being pissed at Arsenal for buying Cesc when he was 16 for 700,000. Now they are pissed that if they want to buy him back, they will have to pay close to 30mil for him. Merida basically moved for free to Arsenal.
Also, can you blame him? Its nearly impossible to break in to the starting XI at Barca, especially the midfield. Why not move to a club that actually lets young guys play. The only other big club in England that would give them a chance is probably ManU. I read today that Fergie didn't even know about Cesc until Arsenal signed him, but the tone in the quote made it sound like regretted not knowing.
Anyway, get your facts straight.
|