Vela
Established Member
No because the deal was never done in pre-season? As Arsenal and Barcelona were negotiating for weeks. At one point Fabregas was about to fly to Barcelona for his medical but Pep phoned him and said to stay in England as there were still things needed to be sorted out between Arsenal and Barca over the deal. Arsenal rejected a couple of bids for Fabregas in the summer as they wanted more money so the deal wasn't done early in the summer. He didn't move until mid August. Look at Nasri he played against Liverpool in the Premiership this season for us and moved a few days later.