Cesc would be perfect for us. His through passes are great. He's a midfielder who scores, and that's something Allegri wants as he said that to explain why he likes Hamsik.
He plays in a more direct way than what Barca does, which fits our style really well.
Remember how Berlu complained recently about how we didn't have enough posession in a match? Well Cesc knows posession football, I can see Berlu liking this signing, especially with Cesc also being a captain and a champion who's got a fan following.
Can it happen?
He's frustrated with Arsenal's lack of winning mentality, he's said that what Arsenal lack are players who knows how to win. Well we have that.
He wanted to leave Arsenal last year but Barca wasn't willing to pay enough and this year he still hasn't won anything. I think I read a tweet where he congratulated his good friend Flamini with winning his first trophy.
After another year of the same he must feel like things won't be changing any time soon, so he wants out.
Sure Barcelona is his dream destination, it's his home town, he'll be playing with his best friend Pique, his idol will be his coach, but do you think he would be desperate to join Barca if Arsenal was winning everything right now? If Barca were struggling and hadn't won anything for years while Arsenal was winning everything then he wouldn't leave. He's ambitious.
Barca are said to be playing the best football currently, the press are raving about it being the best team ever, they are winning almost everything, of cause he'd want to be part of that.
But if he goes to Barca he won't be a guaranteed starter, he will be that in Milan.
I think Barca and their fans are a littel ambivalent about his potential signing, Guardiola wants him but Barca aren't happy about paying a lot for him since they trained him and are angry he left for Arsenal in the first place.
They also have players like Thiago Alcantara, who would be a starter in many other teams who's waiting for more playing time, and if Cesc came he would have even less chances to play.
Thiago's father have said that if Cesc joins Thiago could leave. Then the "Cesc-case" could happen all over again with Thiago Alcantara.
It comes down to this: if Barca aren't willing to pay what Arsenal wants he can force his way out by lowering the price with a transfer request or Mascherano style by refusing to play, but it'll cost him a lot of popularity and he wasn't willing to do it last year. If he still wont do that he's got the choice between staying in Arsenal and hope they can win something some day, or go somewhere else to a club that's willing to pay the price.
In the last case I'd say we have a good chance of getting him:
-We play possession football which is what he likes.
-We have players with winning mentality.
-He'll be a starter, we need him.
-It's a choice that doesn't preclude him ending up in Barca some day like joining Real Madrid would.
-He won't alienate the Arsenal fans as much as he would if he went to another English team.
In the end it's a question of money, it will cost us, because we'll only get him if Barca won't pay what Arsenal demands. Barca's new president seems kind of cheap though, and Barca and Arsenal have a terrible relationship.
We'll have to wait and see how much Berlusconi is willing to spend, but he isn't doing to well politically right now so people seem to think he'll spend to help his situation.
Who knows, maybe it's just silly-season gossip and Milan haven't though of him at all. And we'll and up with Lazzari.