Cesc Fàbregas reveals why he left Arsenal for Barcelona | BBC Sounds
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2023
- World Cup winner, Cesc Fàbregas, speaks to Chris Kamara and Ben Shephard about the reasons behind his move from Arsenal to Barcelona in 2011.
During his time at Barca, the former Gunners captain helped them win La Liga in 2013 and the Copa del Rey in 2012, scoring 35 goals in 129 appearances.
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It’s crazy to think Cesc is only 35…feels like he’s been around for ages
He has.. Peaked very early
@@ace99100 he peaked inside Arsenal as all the best footballers do
@@sfullernj he was even better at Chelsea.
@@colinedelman6392 no he wasn't
@@youngsavage6240 hell yeah he was.
It gets forgotten how fantastic a player Fabregas was. He's right up there with Scholes/Gerrarard/Lampard in terms of best midfielders of his generation
It upsets me about Kammy. He's such a lovely guy and doesn't deserve what he's going through. 😢
@@liamjamesedwards4284kammy?
I had no problem with him leaving us for Barcelona. He made it clear over his years before at the club that Barcelona was his dream. Like as a fan my club is Arsenal, his club was Barcelona. Its a pity he went to Chelsea, however we didn't take him back on our first option as we had got Ozil (I'd rather have got Cesc back tbh). I'll never talk badly about him though, great player for us, he still talks so highly about the club.
He was just another snake
Very balanced this, love it! Shows how good Cesc was that Arsenal fans still talk so highly about him
Lies again? Beautiful America Barcelona Arsenal
We had Cazorla, Ozil, Ramsey and Wilshere! It would be crazy to get Fabregas back because Wilshere wouldn't even see first team, not even the bench. Ramsey would compete week in with him.
@@NazriB For many spanish people, their dream is usually to play for RM or Barca so why would it be a lie? If i had a chance to play for my dream club, i would pick it eyes closed even if i have a strong attachment with my current club. Not everyone is Kylian Mbappe.
Kammy is such a legend. Hope to keep seeing and hearing from him.
❤
As an Arsenal fan it broke my heart to see him join Chelsea but Wenger had no choice.
Wenger always had a choice.
Wenger did have a choice. He bottled that just like how he successfully managed to lower the standards of the arsenal fans.
Chelsea always after Arsenal signings
Wenger had a choice but instead he choose Xhaka over Fabregas
No he had Özil, Cazorla, Ramsey and Wilshere was on the rise. To not sign Cesc back again, was right at the time.
The saddest moment as an Arsenal for me was to witness Fabregas leaving the club as a captain and returned and win the leagie with Chelsea.
Well he was never gonna win a league with Arsenal
It's kinda ironic the antipathy shown towards someone like say, Samir Nasri who was completely honest and upfront that he wasn't going to renew his Arsenal contract and left for Man City, yet Fabregas clearly engineered his move to Barcelona behind everyone's back while singing another tune to the Arsenal fanbase. He's a disingenuous little grub.
I don't blame him. Cesc was peaking and was playing with average players like Squillaci, Jenkinson, Djorou, Mertsacker, Almunia. These types of players were under pinning Arsenals success. The truth is Arsenal hadn't been able to defend properly since Sol Campbell and the 2004 disbanded.
If you think mertesacker was average,u don't know ball.
@@pratimbishnu5954 🤣 opposite way around. I cant speak with people who rate shite players.
World Cup winner Per Mertesacker?
Hilarious . Mertsacker joined when cesc had left. He was one of the five deadline day signings that season.
Half the players u mentioned cesc never played with them.
Love seeing Chris Kamara.
I remember when he left. It seemed like the perfect signing. Xavi was getting old and Cesc could naturally transition into his successor. Then after three years Xavi is still the main man in Barcelona's midfield and I guess Cesc got tired of waiting and moved on. If Cesc had stayed at Arsenal for maybe three or four more years and then made the move I think 1. He'd have probably become the best midfielder on the planet by that point as that was the trajectory he was on when he was at Arsenal and 2. He'd have rightfully replaced Xavi at Barcelona like they planned and probably became a legend there.
Cesc Fabregas was actually the best midfielder in the world at the time he left Arsenal, Xavi was not even near him. But managers, like everyone else, have preferences.
@@enieleni2823he was nowhere near Xavi in 2011 lol. Xavi finished 3rd in the Ballon D’Or and was literally the heart of that dominant Barcelona and Spain teams. Cesc himself said he should’ve waited for a while to join due to Xavi’s excellence.
As good as Cesc was, he was not starting in 2011 over Xavi, Iniesta or Busquets.
@@enieleni2823 Stop lying to yourself. Xavi from 2008-2013 was unstoppable
Big up to Cesc.. 🫡
And pure admiration to Kammy ❤️
My best player on earth. Chelsea fan but this guy is really humble to the eyes
He got fed up playing with Almunia in goal too. I remember him complaining about silly schoolboy errors in goal after a game. And there was Barca calling him… around that time wenger was using Denilson, bendtner. After Flamini left, Fab was carrying the midfield and he just got tired and burnt out
we lit didn’t have any money the club fucked up moving to the ems but it just shows how good wenger was consitantly get top four with squalci and djoruouh at the back😂😂but cesc snaked it
You're like one of life's losers explaining why your girlfriend cheated on you was not her fault 😂😂😂
@@sfullernj ? Sounds like self projection bro
@@sfullernj No but i am also not childish and delusional enough to think a professional football player will sacrifice his career to one club just because fans are "heartbroken" and "betrayed" and treat it as if their girlfriend cheated on them...
@@007feck h
this guy made me falling in love with arsenal
Well done to Kammy and well done to the BBC for having him on. It sends out the right message
I always feel the 2006 CL final changed the trajectory of two clubs - Arsenal and Barcelona. While Barca took off from there, Arsenal succumbed to mediocrity. Had Arsenal won that match, they'd be able to retain Henry, find a world class replacement for Pires and Campbell. They wouldn't even look at overrated or often injured players like Nasri, Clichy, Rosicky, Chamakh, Bendtner etc. RVP and Fabregas would have more support to be potentially top 5 ballon do'r players.
plus the extra money esp with the forthcoming stadium drain
Come on man, both Nasri and Clichy was great at Arsenal. Rosicky was good but was injured way to often.
@@frankdramli2151 man even Neymar and Hazard are so good but always injured. I'm saying fit players who win big games. Nasri wasn't that player please. Sagna yes. Clichy good squad player. But not title winning
@@sagarranjan4585 Nasri was French player of the year in 2010 when he played for Arsenal. Only RVP scored more goals than him that season. The reason City bought him was because of his performances. He had a lot more talent than Sagna, that's for damn sure.
Let’s not forget RVP was injured for most of his arsenal career as well, only played one or two full seasons max
nice to see Chris Kamara interviewing
not an arsenal fan but he will always be an arsenal legend imo
He’s not an arsenal legend, legends don’t turn their backs on their people when needed most… he was even a captain and we trusted him, only for him to break our hearts
You're not an Arsenal fan so don't speak. He's no Arsenal legend. What trophies did he win?
He's a great, but not a Legend. Turned his back on the club when we needed him the most. He himself admitted in another interview if it wasn't for Wenger, no other manager in WORLD FOOTBALL would've given him as many chances to develop. Wenger was literally like a father to him, and he backstabbed the man. What's so special about Barca anyway? They're in it for Referee Corruption - they don't even win Fairly. Also, a football career is so short, he could've gone back Barcelona for holidays & retirement after his career at Arsenal. He's a disgrace. EVEN TODAY HE's ONLY RELEVANT BECAUSE HE MENTIONS *ARSENAL* in his interviews.
Jesus guys relax 😅
He turned his back on Arsenal in the worst possible time.
As an arsenal fan I have a lot of love for Cesc, don’t view him as a snake at all. Came to us as a 16 year old and gave everything, some players just have dream clubs. I remember hearing after euros or world cub Pique put a barca shirt on him in changing room, things like that must wear you down after a while
It was the way he left. He forced the move instead of maybe waiting a year or 2 barca knew they didnt have to put a massive bid in. But the half of the Spain squad were so disrespectful towards arsenal. I don't mind him playing for Chelsea especially after wenger turned him down. He clearly loves arsenal but he will never say he loves arsenal over Chelsea 😅
@@samuelphilp7947 fabregas was never coming back to Arsenal. Wenger was notified of him leaving barcelona as that was stipulated in his original contract, but he already had a deal agreed with chelsea and had no intention of returning.
@@AB-gb6zz Not true. Wenger hat an option to take him back and Fabregas was ready for it. Wenger has always been a manager with a great ego and did not want to take him back, which was, by looking back now, a big mistake, cuz Wilshere never developed the way we all hoped for. We also had the best no.10 in the world at that time in Ozil, and great players in Cazorla and Ramsey. Then he went to Chelsea, cuz Arsene did not want to take him back. Even Arsene admitted this in couple of interviews, as well as Fabregas himself.
We still love you Cesc 🔴⚪️
no
I’ll always be grateful to Wenger, but he was the one who also oversaw the long, depressing decline in ambition, quality 2:28 and competitiveness at Arsenal Cesc is describing here. Wenger tarnished his own legacy by being so blind, comfortable and stubborn in his last years.
100% agree with you
Agreed
Ambition costs money…
@@daysofgrace2934 He had more money than most would have you believe. He was a notorious penny pincher. They say that if it weren't for David Dein coaxing him into it, the club may never have signed Sol Campbell, whose transfer fee Wenger thought was too much for a football player. Now, take Dein out of the picture, fast forward a couple of decades, and combine that with the power he had at the club for a time and it's no surprise things went as they did in the end, which is a real shame considering how well regarded he was (and is) by everyone.
I used to think this but I'm not an idiot. Wenger didn't have money for almost a decade because of the stadium that had to be paid off
Love kammy what a guy
Never forget when he played against Barcelona in the UCL then he got tackled by puyol and broke he’s leg .. He didn't realize that his leg was broken until after he scored the penalty kick .. what a man
They were losing 2-0 as well, he dragged them back in it
Incorrect, he broke his foot or toe due to kicking the ball too hard during penalty, and not because or puyol
Chelsea and Arsenal fans have to understand this that players moving towards the other side has become the "normal" thing to do. Because recently many have joined the other side. They don't have to leave their home, family remains at same place and opportunity to challenge for titles.
Where does Cesc rank among all time Arsenal greats?
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no matter what we appreciate you and you will always be a Arsenal Legend
Chris Kamara talking like Vito corleone .. Legend :)
Cesc! I don’t want you at arsenal again! Thanks for the memory.
Cecs in ours hearts !
Pep tapping up, tut tut. Boundless love and respect for Cesc though and no hard feelings. He was such an iconic player during my teenage years of supporting Arsenal and he never sank to unnecessary snideness and disrespect towards Arsenal after he left, unlike some.
This was a perspective that I never heard before that he didn't want to be on a team that was too reliant on him and feeling the pressure of being the club's talisman.
Kind of funny since Wenger and even Henry say the team build around him. But he didn't want to. 😂
I don’t blame him for leaving and he wanted to come back but Wenger didn’t want him back so he went to Chelsea and win the premier league to me he was one of the greatest attacking midfielder ever !
He had to leave The Arsenal when you see some of the players that came in you could see the ambition of the club changing from contenders to also rans
She had to leave me, I didn't last long enough, my dinky is too small, I don't earn enough, I'm not funny enough, that's why she got pulverised by the neighbour. It's my fault
@@sfullernj At least you're honest 😂
I will always love cesc. The biggest mistake wasn't him leaving but not bringing him back
You love your cheating girlfriend?
@@sfullernj whats that got to do with the price of milk
fabregas never had any intention of returning to Arsenal
I would have never accepted him back, the way he left Arsenal was not a good way. The move could have happened without drama.
@@robinlove6981 he cheated on me. I didn't accept it.
I get the feeling Cesc regrets how he took the love that Arsenal fans had for him for granted, he went to Barca, their fans didn't really appreciate him, then he went to Chelsea and won 2 league titles, but you can't say that he was the star, Hazard was the star and when he left Chelsea, it was like no one cared. You ask any Arsenal fan who their favorite player was during the late 2000s to early 2010s, chances are they would answer Cesc Fabregas.
When will BBC interview Barcelona legend Gary Linekar? 😊
In hundred years
If cesc waited we wouldn’t have gone in for rakitic but rakitic was a blessing to Barcelona
The uncertainty souronding him staying or going was what annoyed me. He was right to go but he took too long to be honest with us
Top player! Top Guy!
Chelsea fan?
Good player, terrible person. If any gunners see him around London they should spit in his face.
@@AB-gb6zz what? Why?
Fabregas is gem Iove so much
Wenger not signing him back was ridiculous. Cesc throwing a strop and not turning up for training wanting to leave was out of order. Cesc signing for Chelsea means no forgiveness
We don’t re sign players that leave us due to their ego when we made them.
@@jeffreynanatakyicollins101 Yep... That's the legacy of Wenger that I loved to see. Integrity and loyalty! Wenger knows better!
Mixed feelings. The shirt thing was awful, a huge lack of respect, but at that point we were not the same team as before and everyone was leaving. It was very very unfortunate. It's time to welcome him back, I suppose.
Love Cesc 😍 it was Wenger who didn’t want Cesc, don’t blame him at all ❤️
You're clueless if you believe that
I don’t blame Cecs at all for leaving Arsenal, it was his choice to make and you can argue it benefited his career. As a Arsenal fan though, he left the club that gave him so much like many players did and he left Wenger who really needed him. He was by far my fav Arsenal player at the time but I have zero love for anyone that abandons the club. Leave on our terms or risk losing the love of the fans..We don’t get paid to support a club through thick and thin so we have no obligation to love any players that leave. He forced his way out the club and for me I don’t want to see him anywhere near Arsenal because of it but I understand different fans have different opinions for whatever reason.
It’s a business I can’t blame Cesc ❤
This guy is actually has a Great Brain on his body,I'd not blame Capt Cesc, Arsenal was a Banter at the time..
To this day, probably my favourite Arsenal player of all time, and I've been watching since '84!
It hurt when he left for Barca, but it was understandable. In fact, it was inevitable. We all knew his heart was there and his intention was always to go back. Regardless, Wenger made him central to our project at the time and tried to keep him by giving him the captaincy. It only worked for so long, but I have fond memories of the 8 years he gave us. It was a young, vibrant team which could humiliate the best at times, and we were on the verge of greatness if everybody had stuck around a little longer.
In the end, it wasn't to be, but I don't blame the players for leaving. The new stadium was crippling our finances and we couldn't possibly compete for signings with Chelsea, United, Liverpool, etc.
It definitely hurt even more when he came back and joined Chelsea. I don't blame Wenger for refusing first option though, as the club had moved on.
I struggled to come to terms with his move to Chelsea as he hated them throughout his career up to that point, both at Arsenal and Barcelona. They epitomised everything he stood against as a footballer. He was all about beautiful football, style, creative brilliance. Arsenal and Barca embodied those qualities. Chelsea and Mourinho were the enemies of football. It made no sense.
He was successful there though, and seems to have learned to love them too for it, even if it ended sour with Mourinho getting sacked for taking them into the relegation zone with his dour brand of anti-football
Watch more Arsenal
Jesus. Each to their own I guess
@@sfullernj I've watched practically every match for 40 years
@@SalihMunur watch more
@@sfullernj understand what you read more
He took the did right thing. He won 6 title in barca
Hoping to see him play for Como v Ascoli in April
missed a game to go to f1 was my favourite player but he turned his back on the club and then he came running back when barca didn’t want him anymore and wenger told him to do one
Henry also turned his back on the club.
@@user-ot2rw5gu2s what henry the greatest player to wear and arsenal shirt he was 31 when he left he gave us 8 years of greatness won two prems fa cups dragged us to a ucl final fabregas and henry are not the same cesc left when we needed him most henry we still had adebayor and rvp did cesc even win a trophy with us think he was on the bench for the 05 fa cup but that’s it
@@user-ot2rw5gu2s Henry jumped ship when Arsenal needed him most!!
@@finleycallaghan4030 Sorry but Henry was our best player and we absolutely needed him. Cesc had more justification to join Barca than Henry. Cesc also gave 8 years to the club.
@@finleycallaghan4030 And he was 29 at the time not 31.
He left and the next year RVP scored like 50 goals-with Cesc in the team we would have won the league but if his heart wasn’t there-good riddance-the second act is tough to thread- when you burn bridges and refuse to play- Wenger for good or ill built the team around Cesc and his molds-small, quick and technical genius- Arshavin, Nasri Walcott and Oxlade Chambers- we had to rebuilt after he left
Him and Sanchez are going on about how great arsenal was/is. Years after they both twisted the knife.
The Sanchez thing is not the same. We got a great deal for Alexis and it was kinda a finished relationship. Yeah he was greedy, but it worked out for Arsenal and he was class for us
@@qbo12 Sanchez and arsenal were far from finished. He was at the peak and arsenal needed him badly.
@@qbo12 sanchez thing is worse. He was the man at arsenal and he made a sideway move. Cesc is a la masia kid, spanish and moved to what was one of the greatest footballing sides of all time. When cesc left, it was clear to see that we wont be competing or winning serious stuff. Without him, that 2005-2011 era would have been far worse.
@@viewtifulviewer7282 Yeah but look at his level after that season and there were a lot of reports that he was isolated in the lockeroom
No one ever asks Cesc where he was as the captain as the team was fighting for top four. (Hanging out with Alonso at an F1 race)
100%
The paradox of loving Arsenal but coming back to Chelsea xD
I don’t blame him .. everyone has dreams.. Cesc will always be one of my favourite players
His dream should have been Arsenal. You're the type of small minded Arsenal fan that keeps us down
@@sfullernj not really. He is a la masia kid and a barcelona boy as well. He gave his best years of football to us and kept us in top 4 during our financial struggles. Cesc peaked out and was done by 2015-16. He went and won leagues with barcelona to decorate his career. We never invested enough to give him and rvp a title capable team. The closest was 15-16 team but rvp and cesc were done at elite level by then.
@@sfullernj u are either delusion or u don’t have a dream.. or u might be a lonely person.
@@tarunreddy2031 he can go barca but you don’t force a move by paying even some of your transfer fee
Ben Shephard has possibly the best management in UK media.
Arsenal fan here, to me Cesc is one of the arsenal legend.
You love money Cesc😟
He left Arsenal when they needed him most. He payed a part of his transfer fee. Never a legend. He broke Arsenal fans hearts. Transfer to Chelsea was one more snake action.
Oh yeah, arsenal dint really need him from 2004-2011 right? He was the major reason why we got continuous top 4s that kept the club's finances afloat. He was there for 80-90% of the hard financial emirates times. From 2013, we started spending.
The need or maybe greed to have glory sometimes makes us lose the joy and true purpose of what we have been doing. - AK (I just made it up. Hope it makes sense. It's not for cesc but for all of us in general).
I don’t blame him even though it broke my heart when he left. The only thing I regret is that we’re not in a good financial position to bring suitable players to Arsenal and keep our home-grown players during that time. It costs the prime time of Arsene and other players. If we had won 1-2 PL and a UCL league before Arsene’s retirement, it would be a HE for all.
The biggest myth Arsenal fans were told was we had to sell all our players to stay financially stable. We got UCL football yearly thats £20m for 20 years and if we kept the Toure, Fabregas, Nasri, RVP core we 100% would of won leagues instead of selling them to boost rivals. My only criticism of Wenger
a great player at the wrong time for us, Arsenal. Wish he had stayed but cant blame him for leaving considering the lies of ambition we were being feed while Fab and Persie knew what the real financial situation and lack of ambition by the board. The move to Emirates and the board really drove a wedge btn players and fans. However, when the truth was gradually realized it lead to a rather unceremonious retirement of Wenger. Kronkes ( snakes) OUT.
The right time would have been the best years of his career ( which he gave us unwittingly) but thought he was giving it to Barca. No Arsenal fan should care for him
Wenger was so stubborn. I know how he left wasn’t the best. But this guy helped Chelsea win the prem. he was in his prime, cannot forgive Wenger for not taking him back.
As Gunner, it was right thing for Cesc, RVP, Henry, Ade, Nasri, Hleb & Ashley
I think we all know the reason why Cesc left Arsenal for Barca. I'm much more interested in the story behind Cesc leaving Barca for Chelsea. Cesc and Wenger have both been tight-lipped about that one.
tight lipped??i'm sure Wenger had the option of signing him-when he returned
@@burlhorse61 Wenger was notified but what option did he have? Practically he couldn't because the club had bought Özil, emotionally he couldn't because fabregas stabbed Wenger and the club in the back, in terms of pride how could he after how fabregas protested his way out, and on fabregas' side how could he as he already had planned a deal with chelsea.
Don't buy this snakes lies.
@@AB-gb6zz well you hear so many stories at the time.I heard that Wenger had first option on buying him-but passed up the chance
@@burlhorse61 literally ignored everything I said, well done.
As an arsenal fan, I like what he did, arsenal was focused in making money not trophy
You're not an Arsenal fan then. Cesc went to the rent boys. Scum
Still can’t understand why we sold for so cheap. However we wouldn’t of bought Arteta. Not that I liked Arteta- I didn’t. But I know he will be one of the best managers in Arsenal history.
Fabregas and RVP are both Arsenal and Premier League legends
They ain’t arsenal legends especially rvp
The transfermarket is complicated. Sometimes the right team wants you at the wrong time, and sometimes the wrong team wants you at the right time.
Nobody blame him. We left our grief behind but don’t come to us now. We are okay now. We have got super Mikel Arteta
I blame him
@@sfullernj I just hate the fact that he is trying to sneak in our Academy. We have an amazing team now who could get us Premier League and UCL. I have Bukayo Saka so why would I think about this clown now
Abeg stop talking about our club… man left when we needed him the most. You can say whatever but that pain will never go away.
Arsenal gave you everything.
But you didn't & We move on.
Lesson learn from Arsenal is it takes time to rebuild the missing puzzles but once found you can't stop them marching forward.
I rate Cesc above Ozil …… Cesc was right and Wenger was frustrating not just Cesc and V Persie but also all the fans. We needed just few signings to challenge for the title but Wenger/ board were so frustrating and awful in transfers. I agree with Cesc and still support him as an Arsenal fan.
Did sesc and Mikel arteta play in lamesia at the same time?
No
End of the day he wanted to go home. Then he went to Chelsea which again wasn’t his fault Arsenal had first refusal at the time and they turned it down. So why fans don’t like him is beyond me.
He went to Barca then CHELSEA! You're not an Arsenal fan if you need that explaining to you!
@@sfullernj Nonsense.
I understand his reasoning but he isn't in fans' good books. A potential legend who couldn't be.
I was able to forgive him for leaving for Barca but going to Chelsea was worse.
but Wenger refused to sign him when he came back
@@burlhorse61so? So sign for our biggest rivals? Cesc can spin
@@burlhorse61 I know and I understood at the time why he made that decision. But that didn’t mean he had to sign for Chelsea.
@@burlhorse61 he already had a deal in prinxiple set out with chelsea, as mourinho has stated before. Arsenal were notified by default aa it was stipulated in his sale contract to barcelona to give them a week's notice that he would be moving on from barcelona. Don't lie and pretend he reached out to Arsenal, he was in talks with chelsea long before.
Arsenal and Chelsea legend 🙏🏾
Only such skill can grant you LEGENDARY status at rival clubs coupled with the humility and smile Fabregas brings with every pass.
THANK YOU
Chelsea legend??? Calm down mate
Nah we hate him mate
He is knowhere near of being an Arsenal legend.
@@qbo12 🧢
@@samuelk1717 Over 100 hundred years of history, soon enough he's going to be behind Xhaka. No thanks.
Do Arsenal and Barcelona have special relationship? So many transfers between the 2 teams.
Didn’t have a problem leaving! But went on strike which was a disgrace
This is making me sad and angry at the same time.
More frustrating because we couldn't give him a premier league and chelsea did *sigh*
Took Patrick Vieira's place at 16, let that sink in.
2:32 Kammy Sounding like he's entering the role of The Godfather 😂
You know hes got a condition that affects his speech ?
😂😂😂😂
Easy because all top prem players make the step up to Barcelona and Madrid as the pinnacle of football. Especially him in this case..
Fabregas would also make a good coach for arsenal
I honestly thought Cesc would've been an Arteta-like more than Arteta is right now. Does that make sense?
He broke into arsenal team
At 16 still member he put Stevie g on his asss with some great skill
the only other world class player at Arsenal that time was RVP. Can't blame him for feeling like Arsenal wasn't serious.
Why Wenger didn't bring him back to Arsenal in 2014 I'll never know... imagine if they had both Ozil and Fabregas in their midfield....
Fabregas was an amazing player but let this sink in Ronaldo is 3 years older than him still playing carried United last season and still gets stick and hate
if not for him leaving we wouldn't have got arteta. Everything happens for a reason
Cesc and RvP were the two snakes that hurt the most. We really thought they were one of us. But snakes will be snakes
He is just another player that played for Arsenal, can't remember if he was any good.
he was the best midfielder in PL in the years 2008 to 2010.
he was
@@finalfrontier001so? Went to Chelsea
Many players have come and gone, if they never achieved nothing for us they are not remembered, Cesc was just another player that was given too much praise that he never got anywhere else.
I’m not sure he made it on the giant murals around the stadium. If he didn’t then he’s not wanted
Yep nothing player
He'd checked out at Arsenal in the last few months there. I don't blame him for wanting to go back to Barcelona and I wasn't even that bothered about him going to Chelsea.
I believe him if it was not Barca and Pep he would have not left. I dont think any player no matter how loyal and affiliated to a club could have turned down the opportunity to join that GOAT team.
Making up pathetic excuses
Don't believe anything this snake says. He tries to have his cake and eat it. All this bs about how hard it was to ask wenger to leave, yet he protested refusing to play and train over a protracted period.
@@AB-gb6zz I'm so glad you remember this too. Remember, he signed a 4 year contract the year before, so Arsenal had leverage. But he pretty much went on strike and put the club in an unwinnable position which pretty much forced them to take a low ball offer from Barca. To add to that he was standing there smiling and laughing while Pepe Reina and Pique put a Barcelona shirt on him while he was Arsenal captain. Absolutely embarrassing
@@jheath102 He is from Barca academy, Barcelona is his club. How hard is that to get? Even your current coach Arteta is from Barca's academy, lol.
@@summerlove7779 Arsenal were the club that made him, honed and cultivated his talent and gave him the platform to shine. As he acknowledged in this video, he wasn't shifting Xavi from that Barca team, so without Arsenal he wouldn't even have been in a position to go back, because he likely would never have broken into the Barca first team in the first place. He was even given the Arsenal captaincy, and despite everything the club did for him, he still publicly forced that move. Secondly we all know that he wouldn't have forced the move back to Barca if he was playing in an Arsenal team of peak invincible quality players, he even alluded to it in this video. The going home narrative was simply a pr excuse to protect him from the backlash of the fans. Name me another captain of any other top club who forced a move to their "home" club like Fabregas did? He disrespected Arsenal, so I don't get why he gets so much grace. At least RVP was honest. He left because he wanted to win trophies
I never judge any player from the prem going to barcelona or madrid. It's an honor to play at those clubs. And what englishman wouldn't give up their jobs here in the UK to go and do the same thing in Barcelona? 😄
It wasn't his decision. Arsene knew that his knees had gone.
Self aware of him to learn & accept that he wasn’t good enough to replace their midfield….
Hence why he got there and left after 3 years…
These ex players need to spare us this crap. You left when we needed you the most. You should be ashamed to set foot at the Emirates. Now thatvyou need coaching badges you're telling tales.