CESC FABREGAS is on the brink of sealing his dream move to Barcelona.
But the Spanish midfielder will have to fork out £4.5million from his own pocket to do it.
Arsenal are set to agree a £35.9m fee with Barcelona - plus add-ons - should Fabregas win major tournaments.
But the fee also includes £900,000 a year which Fabregas has agreed to pay Arsenal out of his own wages over the next five years of his Barca contract.
All that remains is for Fabregas, 24, to thrash out personal terms to bring to an end a three-year saga.
And last night he returned to the London Colney training ground to clear out his locker.
The Gunners skipper has made no secret of his desire to return to Barca, the team he left at 16.
Arsenal have been holding out for around £45m and boss Arsene Wenger had vowed Fabregas would not be allowed to move.
However, it has become increasingly obvious keeping him against his will would be a mistake.
Now Samir Nasri is expected to follow him out to join Manchester City.
The French midfielder, 24, is in the final year of his contract and, even though Wenger claimed he would let him run it down, the Emirates bean counters were not happy.
City are prepared to pay Nasri £180,000-a-week wages in a £25m swoop.
Striker Marouane Chamakh said: "I think both Cesc and Nasri will probably leave the club."
Meanwhile, Arsenal could be ready to snap up Birmingham centre-half Scott Dann, also 24, for £8m.
But the Spanish midfielder will have to fork out £4.5million from his own pocket to do it.
Arsenal are set to agree a £35.9m fee with Barcelona - plus add-ons - should Fabregas win major tournaments.
But the fee also includes £900,000 a year which Fabregas has agreed to pay Arsenal out of his own wages over the next five years of his Barca contract.
All that remains is for Fabregas, 24, to thrash out personal terms to bring to an end a three-year saga.
And last night he returned to the London Colney training ground to clear out his locker.
The Gunners skipper has made no secret of his desire to return to Barca, the team he left at 16.
Arsenal have been holding out for around £45m and boss Arsene Wenger had vowed Fabregas would not be allowed to move.
However, it has become increasingly obvious keeping him against his will would be a mistake.
Now Samir Nasri is expected to follow him out to join Manchester City.
The French midfielder, 24, is in the final year of his contract and, even though Wenger claimed he would let him run it down, the Emirates bean counters were not happy.
City are prepared to pay Nasri £180,000-a-week wages in a £25m swoop.
Striker Marouane Chamakh said: "I think both Cesc and Nasri will probably leave the club."
Meanwhile, Arsenal could be ready to snap up Birmingham centre-half Scott Dann, also 24, for £8m.
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