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[b]The Gunners have reached an agreement with Barcelona over the sale of Cesc Fabregas, however they haven't left themselves with much time to reinvest the money received.[/b] As strange as it sounds,[b] Arsenal[/b] supporters won't be too distraught about the departure of their captain [b]Cesc Fabregas[/b] to Barcelona, which looks closer than ever with the clubs striking a deal and the midfielder in Spain for a medical. They will have known all summer that the homesick World Cup winner was likely to leave and their main concern isn't so much about who is going, but whether those players will be replaced, with that frustration apparent in fresh chants of "spend some f****** money" at [b]Newcastle[/b] on Saturday. Far more worrying is the prospect of [b]Samir Nasri[/b] following...

[b]The Cesc Fabregas saga appears to have finally come to an end while Samir Nasri also looks to be following the Spaniard out of the door. Betfair's football ambassador Lee Dixon fears for Arsenal's top four chances as a consequence...[/b] I've tried to look at the whole affair from slightly different perspectives and they generate different sentiments. As a former [b]Arsenal[/b] player it's obviously disappointing that the skipper and talisman has moved on because of all the different qualities he brought to the squad. As a neutral I can't say that the outcome has surprised me one bit. He's been at the club for almost a decade and we've known all along that he's always had this desire to return to his hometown club at some stage. As a pundit I'm actually slightly relieved that...