{"id":470922,"date":"2011-07-31T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/31\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\/"},"modified":"2011-07-31T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T19:56:00","slug":"victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/31\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"52.9093830334\"><span>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a> youth product <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/20694\/v%C3%ADctor-v%C3%A1zquez\">Victor Vazquez<\/a> believes that the potential arrival of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/2840\/cesc-f%C3%A0bregas\">Cesc Fabregas<\/a> from Arsenal would only adversely affect the development of highly-rated playmaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/12515\/thiago-alc%C3%A1ntara-do-nascimento\">Thiago Alcantara<\/a>.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"23\"><br \/>Vazquez told Spanish daily <em>El<\/em> <em>Mundo Deportivo<\/em> that he reckons signing Fabregas is not necessary, as they already possess a ball-playing midfielder coming through the ranks in the form of Thiago, who impressed for Barca in their recent Audi Cup win over Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>He stated: &#8220;It is a difficult issue, but I would not sign him Fabregas now. And not because he isn&#8217;t a quality player, which is unquestionable, but Thiago is now at a very high level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He Fabregas is a good option, but is it wise to spend so much money for a player who the club does not need in such a position? I feel bad for Thiago, because he is currently in a winning mode.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In any case, if he were to arrive, the club would gain a player who has high technical knowledge of the position, and also of the club and his new team-mates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old attacking midfielder was once held in the same regard as the likes of Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique, but suffered an injury in February 2009 whilst playing for Barcelona B that halted his development, and he has now joined Belgian outfit Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3277\/la-liga\/2011\/07\/31\/2599218\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas\" title=\"Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Former Barcelona youth product Victor Vazquez believes that the potential arrival of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal would only adversely affect the development of highly-rated playmaker Thiago Alcantara . Vazquez told Spanish daily El Mundo Deportivo that he reckons signing Fabregas is not necessary, as they already possess a ball-playing midfielder coming through the ranks in the form of Thiago, who impressed for Barca in their recent Audi Cup win over Bayern Munich. He stated: &#8220;It is a difficult issue, but I would not sign him Fabregas now. And not because he isn&#8217;t a quality player, which is unquestionable, but Thiago is now at a very high level. &#8220;He Fabregas is a good option, but is it wise to spend so much money for a player who the club does not need in such a position? I feel bad for Thiago, because he is currently in a winning mode. &#8220;In any case, if he were to arrive, the club would gain a player who has high technical knowledge of the position, and also of the club and his new team-mates.&#8221; The 23-year-old attacking midfielder was once held in the same regard as the likes of Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique, but suffered an injury in February 2009 whilst playing for Barcelona B that halted his development, and he has now joined Belgian outfit Club Brugge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara - 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\/07\/31\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Former Barcelona youth product Victor Vazquez believes that the potential arrival of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal would only adversely affect the development of highly-rated playmaker Thiago Alcantara . Vazquez told Spanish daily El Mundo Deportivo that he reckons signing Fabregas is not necessary, as they already possess a ball-playing midfielder coming through the ranks in the form of Thiago, who impressed for Barca in their recent Audi Cup win over Bayern Munich. He stated: &quot;It is a difficult issue, but I would not sign him Fabregas now. And not because he isn&#039;t a quality player, which is unquestionable, but Thiago is now at a very high level. &quot;He Fabregas is a good option, but is it wise to spend so much money for a player who the club does not need in such a position? I feel bad for Thiago, because he is currently in a winning mode. &quot;In any case, if he were to arrive, the club would gain a player who has high technical knowledge of the position, and also of the club and his new team-mates.&quot; The 23-year-old attacking midfielder was once held in the same regard as the likes of Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique, but suffered an injury in February 2009 whilst playing for Barcelona B that halted his development, and he has now joined Belgian outfit Club Brugge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/31\\\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/31\\\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-31T19:56:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/31\\\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/31\\\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/31\\\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/31\\\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\\\/\",\"name\":\"Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-31T19:56:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/31\\\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/31\/victor-vazquez-barcelona-should-not-sign-cesc-fabregas-because-they-have-thiago-alcantara\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Victor Vazquez: Barcelona should not sign Cesc Fabregas, because they have Thiago Alcantara - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Former Barcelona youth product Victor Vazquez believes that the potential arrival of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal would only adversely affect the development of highly-rated playmaker Thiago Alcantara . 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