The Fabregas Dillemma

This nonsense has been going on for more than a year now. It began with Fabregas having a Barcelona shirt pulled over his head as Spain celebrated their 2010 FIFA World Cup victory. Then the little hints and comments began. Then comments from such Barca as Gerrard Piquet and Xavi, began to filter out into the press.

Many wonder why the Arsenal manager doesn't just say "enough is enough" and get rid of the whiny bugger. Firstly, to allow these pressures to force his hand and sell the diminutive Spaniard would set a dangerous precedent. If a big enough club unsettles a player and conscripts its top talent to force the other club to sell, then this could become common practice.

Wenger must stick to his guns. On the other hand, Fabregas' contract, something like eight years, is pretty unheard of in the modern game. He signed to Arsenal at a very young age, to demand he see out such a contract is verging on indentured servitude.

Either Fabregas needs a radically altered contract that allows him to see light at the end of the Arsenal tunnel in a year or two's time, or they need to sell him now.