It was revealed by Cesc Fabregas that he rejected the offers to join Real Madrid on several occasions while he was playing for Arsenal. The midfielder from Spain joined the academy for Arsenal in the year 2003. He was only 16 when he joined Arsenal and made his first debut for any team for the club in the same year. Fabregas took the decision to leave Arsenal in the year 2011 for joining Barcelona. He got a number of opportunities to join Real Madrid when he was in North London, but he eventually turned down all the offers and signed for Barcelona.
Fabregas stated that Real Madrid offered him more than once to join them but he refused every time. He was a young player of 18 years of age when they first time offered him. But he rejected because he thought that he belonged to Arsenal and did not feel like leaving the club at that moment. Cesc Fabregas thanked Real Madrid for making him feel special and he liked the way he was treated by the Real Madrid club. He is sincerely grateful for the kind of interest which they have shown him. But according to the words of Fabregas, he always dreamt of playing for Barcelona because all the things worked out really well for him with the club.
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The Spain international is considered as one of the top young midfielders in Europe but has struggled to claim a starting spot at the club.
With back-to-back wins over Nantes and Lyon, Monaco have jumped five points above the relegation zone and speaking after the game against the latter, Jardim said that the team are aiming to remain at the level exhibited by the elite sides, he quipped: “We have played four of the 16 (games remaining) in this mini championship.
From January both players are free to speak to other clubs ahead of their deals expiring in the summer. Sarri has continuously maintained that he wants both players to remain at Stamford Bridge. However, the tactician knows it would be hard to get medium terms deals for them as they would want due to the club’s over-30 age policy.
The 31-year old is yet to startunder Maurizio Sarri this season. With several competitions in the middle, the wait would be a long one for the creative player. Sarri wants to retain him for his experience, creativity and with a potential transfer ban yet to be fully sorted.
Fabregas managed the feat in just 293 matches, some 74 fewer appearances than the previous record holder, Ryan Giggs (367 matches). “I’m not the fastest, I’m not the strongest, I’m not the most flexible, I don’t jump high,” Fabregas said in an interview. “But to achieve this record in my career is one of the proudest things in my job because it is my job and I did it well.”
And because the players of the World Cup not returned in time also, Fabregas, who plays at the position of midfielder in the team, was asked to play in the matches of Community Shield opposite Manchester City, which according to the football. London aggravated his injury further.
The talented and experienced midfielder is expected to flourish under Sarri with is attacking style of play. Hopefully Fabregas would be getting enough time under the manager expected to perform. If so, Fabregas is expected to return to the elite of assists making players in the Premier League.
The champions fined him his £280,000-a-week wages each fortnight he remains in exile. But Sarki, who stayed with Chelsea from 2006 to 2010 without a single appearance in the first team, reckons John Obi Mikel was banished just because he decided to represent his country at the Olympics. The Nigerian international ultimately exited the team and signed on for Chinese side Tianjin Teda in January without playing a single match under the Italian manager.