Or... why buy real estate if you were planning to leave the club?
He bought the house in 2013... For €5 million. He probably did that because he was planning to move out a year later.
He's not a pathological liar. It's pretty clear he said that to avoid people thinking he was not wanted in FCB. He was saving face and that's completely logical.
Flavia, I usually agree with pretty much everything you say and I consider you to be among the best posters here, but I simply can't understand your viewpoint on this. Everything points to the obvious, which is that he was pushed out. He doesn't say so, just like many others who have been pushed out, because it's humiliating. Especially after his entire homecoming saga. Neither Messi nor Neymar nor other players bought their houses when they played at the local clubs. That's a pretty weak argument. Fabregas didn't buy that house years ago, he bought it after playing here for a few years and deciding he wanted to stay (as he said publicly numerous times). There was even a huge wave of comments in the media about the house being the final nail in the coffin of rumors about Fabregas's future. How is there no logic in saving face? Alexis also said he wanted out, and that's a blatant lie. He was sold to make space and money for Suarez. The fact is, Fabregas never ever gave any impression of wanting to leave (quite the contrary) and there were never serious rumors of him leaving until Lucho was appointed. Those are facts. He also said the other day that he'd been playing with an injury for 10 months, but you and the rest of the forum don't have a problem not believing that, do you?
Cesc having a house in the city he was born in is a weak argument? Ok... why would he want a house in bcn, huh? Not all players sold are pushed out. I haven't seen alexis telling the press over and over he wanted out, and that he asked the president to make it easier for him to leave.
Cesc has been pretty clear, and he sounds honest. I just believe what he said, and you think he is making things up, based on god knows what. I don't see why he would make excuses, he sounds pretty sincere about everything. He talked about the high, lows, that he knew he wasn't really loved by the cules and such. I also can't understand your viewpoint about this, it makes no sense. Unless you're an arsenal supporter, trying to find a reason why he went to chelsea.
And maybe you forgot the tons of rumors of Cesc leaving to united last season... And that Arsene Wenger said Cesc told him "he would stay at least one more year, then he'd see". That really sounds to me as someone who had at least already considered the possibility, as things weren't working out. And then he just chose to go.
He wasn't born in Barcelona or Castelldefels, but that's obviously not going to cut it as an argument for you if you're willing to use his birthplace as one, regardless of the fact that he bought the damn house after playing here for 2 years and because he was playing here, not because it was his hometown. If he bought the house for family reasons or whatever it is you're claiming, he could have done that while he was still in England, he wouldn't have done that exactly at the time he was planning to leave BCN, allegedly.
I think that based on logic and common sense. I don't believe everything players say in the media. I'm not an Arsenal support and I have no interest in the PL at all, so that's definitely not a reason for my opinion on this.
Rumors... All of which were denied by Fabregas at his press conferences, numerous times.