Based on paper by: Mike Wysocki
Summary by: Patrick Cameron

Looking
at all the stakeholders in the case, the parties involved were FC Barcelona,
Arsenal FC, and FIFA. Barcelona would gain a fantastic mid-fielder, wins in the
league, and a chance to win more tournaments. While at the same time it cost
them over $52 million and a loss of respect in the futbol world. They preached ‘Mes
que un club’, which translates into more than a club. That was their philosophy
of adding morals and values to running a club, which they did not hold up to.
On the other hand, Arsenal lost the ‘nucleus’ of their team, the team captain,
and the potential victories that Fabregas could have helped with. There are two sides of this debate, with mainly everyone who does not support Barcelona upset about this transaction. Teams and fans around the world feared that the star of their team may be hoaxed by one of the bigger market teams to play for them. This was a clear cut case of being 'tapped-up' and FIFa did nothing about it to punish the club. This action leaves the possibly for other clubs to try to do that same exact thing without punishment.

FC
Barcelona did sign Cesc Fabregas with no penalty, and this set up a precedent
that team could get away with ‘tapping-up’ players. In the near future, fans
might see ‘fantasy teams’ being formed to try to run away from the competition.
These facts and analyses are based on a paper by Mike Wysocki "FC Barcelona: The Cesc Fabregas Saga" (2012).
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