In perhaps one of the longest running transfer sagas of 2011 Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has just put pen to paper in a deal with Barcelona.

Since being ‘forced’ to don a Barcelona shirt after Spain’s triumph in the 2010 World Cup, it was only a matter of time before Fabregas joined the Catalan giants. And after much lingering transfer speculation and a hastily arranged medical last night the deal was sealed.

It seems much of the dilly dallying was due to the complexity of the deal which will see Fabregas himself contributing to the transfer fee to the tune of 1m Euros. We hope Fabregas does well at the club he played for as a boy.

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