Spanish Sports newspaper is claiming that 80 percent of Barcelona fans are happy to see midfielder Cesc Fabregas make a move back to the Premier League to join Manchester United.
In a polls in which 13,700 fans responded the newspaper covered claims from England that United are ready to bid for the player and 80 percent of those who responded said they would be happy to see Fabregas sold off to the defending champions.
Last summer, United made a bid for the player and many of the club’s fans thought the Cesc Fabregas saga then was being encouraged by the player to help get him a big new Barcelona contract and more respect at the Spanish club.
Fabregas has not been at the Camp Nou as many thought he would be after his return from Arsenal. Having to fit into a different system and being shunted around the pitch, including spells as a centre forward, has not allowed him to excel.
His standing did improve at the beginning of the season but no new contract turned up, with Barcelona concentrating on spending their salary budget elsewhere. Things have turned sour again for Fabregas at Barcelona and his introduction to the match against Athletic Club Bilbao, in place of Xavi, on Sunday brought negativity from the crowd.
Many Barcelona fans just don’t appreciate the local boy in the way he would certainly have hoped for. They feel he ‘abandoned’ the club for money and then didn’t set the world alight when he returned.
Fabregas has a contract until 2016 and Barcelona will either have to give him a renewal this summer, sell him.