To me football is a sports, not a business, not a playtoy, not a tool, not merchandise, not acquisition, not something cool... from the big elite firm and politic should mix in it...no one has the rights to determine the price of each player and certainly not hiking it and lay a foundation for other players to either match 80 million or close to it.

big gap not only with the teams...but socio economy...we are not slave. we have been psycho to be the product to champion to the masses for the love of football and our favourite club without realizing that everything is function by elitism, corporate and money now. We love arsenal and arsenal is a football club and today we were forced to make a choice to support all these madness not even related to football but money and power just to prove we love arsenal and football? If one day football is just another brand...just like something we do everyday...will we even care and appreciate it like before? or football is a brand and it gets more and more expensive and it goes further away from us and becomes a plaything for the rich...how bout that?

And Mr. Blatter can say with millions we can buy millions of bread and football is food?? football aint food for the mouth but a smokescreen of food to the mind...we have been consuming so much of nonsense and now the evil consumer strategy have slipped into football...tickets have been soaring high...we are so crazy that some matches were so expensive we have to search for streaming to watch...wht's all these? He meant football can make use full? yes, perhaps he'll be full and all the rich will be full...and we are the fools.

the transfer saga is something blown out of proportion...it used to be a choice it's either something u wanna be in it or u dont. but it has been forced upon into our daily lives already. and everyone...everyone embarked in the frenzy of football...

I ask u, can't football survive if politics, money, power, image merchandising plays a part? It can. It came a long way to tell us football survives. sports wont die without big big hype...stay moderate and honest like what it has done in the past. onli to the last ten years...it has gradually becomes a brand.

Suddenly everyone is talking bout ronaldo, real madrid, manchester united... it has become a trend...it has no more soul... nothing to look forward to except who buys which club, who move here...who move there...how much here, how much there...the ignorant onli knows these...so many fake people out there buying the top clubs jersey bcoz it's a brand. we know it. start talking bout "wah, din know football also can make so much money...if i know early early i support already la!"

have u ever thought why suddenly non-fans and glory hunters were interested in football?...becoz it has become investment. they dun hell care wht is football and even how it's played...they wanna make money that's it.

So much have been said to protect the young african, latin and all non-eu players moving around from the age of 15...just hit puberty and they have become money spinning tool of the rich...and when they can't develope in time for the big game, they were sold to smaller clubs...their mental state will have so much tremendous effects. onli a selective few made it to the top...

Perez say bring back the galacticos? if he is sincere, why must wait till his presidency election? those r not his galacticos...those were people's galacticos and he purchase them and glorify the purchase and stamp them with eternity to play onli for RM and no one else...unless u wanna buy my players prepare it wont come cheap or after my presidency, is that it?...galacticos r in the backyard of a club...they r the homegrown, pillar, report-card and the future of the managers...with caliber. good managers and coaches produced good galacticos...

5 of my frens...spurs die-hard, liverpool john barnes era, man u kanchelskis era both arsenal have called it quits. they have been staunch fans for the past 10-15yrs. Their rooms make me feel football, the loyalty, the history even stronger than the fake media-hyped brand of modern football world outside. They have quit the "cigarette" as a form of a silence protest for their passion for football. They r glad to be a part of the old school football and they have no regrets at all.  I will too.

The Spain international wants a tough-tackling partner in the Gunners' midfield to replace the void left by the departures of Patrick Vieira, Mathieu Flamini and Gilberto Silva...

Cesc Fabregas is requesting that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger invests in a defensive midfielder during the close-season.

The Gunners have endured four seasons without a trophy and the flamboyant Spain international believes that the way to end that spell is by filling a void left by departures in recent years.

"We are accustomed to playing alongside the likes of Patrick Vieira, [Mathieu] Flamini and Gilberto Silva," Fabregas is quoted as saying by The Sun.

"Last season we were weak in this position which is so important, especially for teams like us.

"When we attack, it is vital to know someone is behind you to win the ball back."

The 22-year-old has seen speculation linking him with a return to Barcelona this summer, whose youth team he was part of before joining the Gunners as a 16-year-old in 2003.

Fabregas has admitted that he would be delighted to receive a call from Blaugrana head coach Pep Guardiola. Though he insists he is happy to stay at Arsenal, he has hinted that silverware is the key to his stay in north London.

"If you do not win titles then you cannot be happy," Fabregas remarked.

"Losing the semi-finals of the Champions League and the FA Cup meant we fell short and lacked that little bit extra.

"I'm happy at Arsenal but four years without success for a player who wants titles is a lot."