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There’s not so much taking place right now from an Arsenal perspective, nothing new by way of rumours and many others, however I’ll point out the retirement of Cesc Fabregas. I absolutely get that folks’s opinions range, and I’m not going to attempt to persuade anyone by hook or by crook at this level. All I can say is that he was considered one of my favorite gamers ever, and I cherished watching him develop and become among the best of the world at Arsenal.
After all, issues went in a route no one favored, however as we sit right here right now and take into account among the contract extensions we’ve made within the final couple of minutes, I feel there’s a direct correlation between how good a crew is and your potential to maintain your finest gamers. In the event that they suppose they’ll obtain their ambitions with you, it’s a lot easier. The Cesc factor was just a little extra distinctive, in that it was Barcelona – his boyhood membership, managed by Pep, his boyhood idol.
I simply surprise if we’d have been been higher capable of fend off these advances, for some time not less than, if the crew round him had been higher. No matter you consider him, I don’t suppose it’s unfair to say that we didn’t give him the gamers round him his expertise deserved. The massive ‘what if?’ second was after we didn’t get the Xabi Alonso switch over the road (one thing he spoke about within the podcast I did with him throughout lockdown), and I actually consider we requested him to hold an excessive amount of of a burden in midfield.
However hey, you would possibly disagree. I simply cherished him as a participant, from the time he broke by way of to the time he left. The imaginative and prescient, the load of move, so many assists, and a few unbelievable targets too. It will likely be fascinating to see what occurs subsequent in his profession, and having performed a few of his teaching badges at Arsenal final season, he’s clearly decided to remain within the recreation and change into a coach himself. The place that begins, we’ll wait and see.
For now, I’ll go away you with considered one of my favorite Fabregas moments. That objective within the North London derby the place we hadn’t even completed celebrating the Robin van Persie opener, when he waltzed by way of their defence to make 2-0.
Have an incredible Sunday everybody.
