{"id":382302,"date":"2011-04-19T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/19\/arsenal-hero-perry-groves-now-is-the-time-to-sell-cesc-fabregas-back-to-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2011-04-19T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T18:17:00","slug":"arsenal-hero-perry-groves-now-is-the-time-to-sell-cesc-fabregas-back-to-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/arsenal-hero-perry-groves-now-is-the-time-to-sell-cesc-fabregas-back-to-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal hero Perry Groves: Now is the time to sell Cesc Fabregas back to Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Shane Farrington<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Apr 2011 19:17:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.6923076923\">\n<div readability=\"18.3628691983\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cesc Fabregas celebrates Arsenal's second goal against Chelsea with Theo Walcott (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e2979f4a120100_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cesc Fabregas celebrates Arsenal&#8217;s second goal against Chelsea with Theo Walcott (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"37.7920353982\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> legen Perry Groves believes the club should cash in on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/2840\/cesc-f%C3%A0bregas\">Cesc Fabregas<\/a> this summer should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a> come calling again.<\/p>\n<p>Groves believes Arsene Wenger could then reinvest the funds generated through the Spaniard\u2019s potential sale to take the team to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Barcelona come in for Cesc Fabregas at the end of the season, if you get 40 or 50 million for him, I&#8217;d actually let him go,\u201d Groves told <em>talkSPORT<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen spend that 40, 50 million on two players you need because Nasri can play in the centre of three, he&#8217;s outstanding there for France, Jack Wilshere has emerged and Aaron Ramsey&#8217;s coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Londoner, who spent six years at Arsenal, believes deep down Fabregas wants to return to Barcelona after leaving the club almost eight years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Groves added: \u201cI think Cesc Fabregas mentally there&#8217;s a little bit of him that still wants to go to Barcelona and if that&#8217;s the case then say, &#8216;thanks Cesc, you&#8217;ve been a terrific player for us&#8217; and you can use that money like Liverpool did with Torres and spend it on the side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal.com UK<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/19\/2400945\/arsenal-prepared-to-grant-cesc-fabregas-dream-summer-move-to\">exclusively revealed<\/a> in March that Arsenal would be open to selling their captain if Barcelona agree to meet their \u00a345 million valuation.<\/p>\n<p>Groves also believes Wenger\u2019s failure to enter the market during the January transfer window was a costly mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Arsene&#8217;s job in the transfer window in January was to go and buy a very strong British centre-half and maybe a combative midfielder,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you put Gary Cahill and Scott Parker in that side Arsenal would have won the title this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e2979f4a120100_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/19\/2448959\/arsenal-hero-perry-groves-now-is-the-time-to-sell-cesc\" title=\"Arsenal hero Perry Groves: Now is the time to sell Cesc Fabregas back to Barcelona\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal hero Perry Groves: Now is the time to sell Cesc Fabregas back to Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Shane Farrington 19 Apr 2011 19:17:00 Cesc Fabregas celebrates Arsenal&#8217;s second goal against Chelsea with Theo Walcott (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal legen Perry Groves believes the club should cash in on Cesc Fabregas this summer should Barcelona come calling again. Groves believes Arsene Wenger could then reinvest the funds generated through the Spaniard\u2019s potential sale to take the team to the next level. \u201cIf Barcelona come in for Cesc Fabregas at the end of the season, if you get 40 or 50 million for him, I&#8217;d actually let him go,\u201d Groves told talkSPORT . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal hero Perry Groves: Now is the time to sell Cesc Fabregas back to Barcelona - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/arsenal-hero-perry-groves-now-is-the-time-to-sell-cesc-fabregas-back-to-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal hero Perry Groves: Now is the time to sell Cesc Fabregas back to Barcelona - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Shane Farrington 19 Apr 2011 19:17:00 Cesc Fabregas celebrates Arsenal&#039;s second goal against Chelsea with Theo Walcott (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal legen Perry Groves believes the club should cash in on Cesc Fabregas this summer should Barcelona come calling again. 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