Cesc Fabregas says he is ‘100%’ staying at Chelsea, and that he has not had one thought about leaving Stamford Bridge.
Fabregas has found minutes on the pitch a little more difficult than perhaps he would like recently, and reports flooded in over the January transfer window linking him with a move away, but the Spaniard himself claims he is going nowhere.
“From the beginning it has been a big challenge and there are always rumours, you cannot stop that, but I don’t even care what people say. Not for one second did I want to leave.
“Sometimes it’s so easy, you don’t play two games, you get frustrated and upset and want to move somewhere else, but for me it’s the opposite; I want to challenge myself.
“I know in my brain what I can do and if I am better than others or not. I know what I can bring to this team and by improving and listening to the manager and what he wants and doesn’t want, I know myself what I can give.
“I have been proving myself every time I have had a chance and I will not stop until I play every game which is what I want.”
“It’s been shown in many games this year, even when I have come on for five minutes, I have done something to make a change in the team,” he said.
“The most important thing is when you have the chance you take it and I think I have done that throughout the season. It’s a challenge to be ready every time the coach needs you and then change his mind and trust you more and make it into the team.
“You always have to compete against players. Sometimes you are on the pitch and have to compete with players so they don’t overtake you. This season it has been the other way around, I have had to compete more in training or in the little minutes I had to prove myself to try to be in the starting XI.
“Now I am playing much more than at the start of the season and hopefully I am changing the manager’s mind a little bit and can get many more starts.”
“I started very young and worked very hard every season to be here today,” he says. “You have to be the best every single game otherwise someone else will come in, the manager will change you, or the team will not want you anymore.
“Some of the best players in the world are playing in the Premier League and to always be on top is not easy every year, that’s what makes me most proud, to be at the top of the game for so many years from a young age, I have had to work really hard for it.”
Reflecting on Chelsea’s form and what more they need to clinch the Premier League crown, he simply believes they must not look too far ahead.
“You have to think it’s still the beginning and you have to win every game,” he said.
“Sometimes when you get closer you start to make calculations and think we have to win this many games. That’s the first big mistake. You have to go game by game. It’s not good to start thinking too far ahead.
“We are focused on the same direction and want to win. We want to have a fantastic season and for that we need everyone together.”
