Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas will sign for Chelsea according to talkSPORT’s Spanish football expert Graham Hunter.
Fabregas is seen by many as being the perfect replacement for Frank Lampard, and when asked to give a one word answer as to where the 27-year-old would end up Hunter said: “Chelsea.”
He then went on to explain why saying: “Barcelona are off the record confirming that there’s an agreement on price with Chelsea. I have to admit I do not know what Fabregas would think of working for Jose Mourinho though.
“There were times when Mourinho was with [Real] Madrid that Fabregas was – although articulate – very critical of Mourinho’s behaviour. That can change, huge wages can make you work for different people.”
Hunter then added that German giants Bayern Munich could kill the deal should they sell Bastian Schweinsteiger.
“The reason Barcelona want to sell Fabregas is they want to spend €60million on buying Koke out of his clause at Atletico Madrid.
“But Pep Guardiola does want to move Schweinsteiger on. He feels Schweinsteiger doesn’t move the ball quickly enough for the brand of football he’s trying to implicate [at Bayern].
“If Schweinsteiger gets sold then maybe there will be a bid for Fabregas but if you ask me where he will end up, I think he will end up at Chelsea.”
