The Sun's Sports Correspondent Rob Beasley knows Cesc Fabregas well and wonders whether the moment has gone for the Arsenal midfielder to complete a dream return to Barcelona. Beasley told the Sunday Supplement that Fabregas is unlikely to be joining Pep Guardiola's side on a permanent basis this summer - and that will be difficult for him to take.
"I think the Barcelona thing's dead, I honestly do," he said.
"I know he desperately wanted to go in the summer. I spoke to him numerous times in the summer and wrote stories about it numerous times and he was absolutely gutted when the dream move didn't come off.
"In life you get setbacks and it's how you deal with them. Do you keep dwelling on something that may be lost and gone forever? Do you spend your life looking over your shoulder thinking hopefully that will come back?
"He's just got to push on. There's no doubt Jose Mourinho will take him to Real Madrid if he's still there in the summer. He won't be short of big clubs because Chelsea have been linked with him.
"He's not going to be short of options, but I just worry about the Barcelona thing for him. That's where he started, that's where 90% of his heart is.
"It was there for him, it was denied him. Will it ever come back?"
