New Chelsea man Cesc Fabregas has admitted that he will always hold a special place for former club Arsenal in his heart.
The Spanish playmaker sealed his £30 million pound move back to England this summer, but surprisingly the former Barca player chose to move to Stamford Bridge instead of Arsenal.
After leaving Spain, Fabregas has revealed that he will always remain a ‘Gunner’ and cannot wait until he returns to face his former manager Arsene Wenger at the Emirates.
‘I will always feel a Gunner and I know that I am going to return to [the Emirates Stadium] and I feel that it will be a special moment but I am committed,’ Fabregas told El Pais.
‘Remember that I played a Champions League final against Barcelona! I swear to you that I would have done anything to win that game even though I’d been Barcelona since I was a kid!
‘So you know that when I play against Arsenal I will know who I am playing with, who my teammates are and who I will defend and I know that the Arsenal fans will understand; I have no doubt.’
The midfielder had a number of run-ins with Chelsea during his previous spell in England, and was more surprised than anyone to end up in blue.
He said: ‘If you’d told me five years ago that I would play for Chelsea and Mourinho I would not have believed you, but life changes.
‘I spoke with my agent and told him to find me a team. Chelsea’s offer arrived and for me it was about returning to London, the place where I did best.
‘There was no better exit. I spoke with Mourinho and he told me things that I needed to hear. I felt valued, felt that I was going to be part of something important.’
By Ollie Brown
