Barcelona Kept Faith in Fabregas, Now He Needs to Repay Them on the Pitch

Even in a transfer market inflated by big spenders such as Manchester City, Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, £35 million is a lot of money, and it's what Barcelona ended up turning down in exchange for midfielder Cesc Fabregas. On Friday, the Spain international, who joined the Catalan giants in a £25.5 million move from Arsenal in 2011, put to bed once and for all the idea that he would be moving to Manchester United before the end of the summer. In desperate need of a deep-lying, playmaking m...