Fabregas Off To Chelsea...So What?

It’s still unconfirmed but feelers are so strong that the former Arsenal Captain, Francesc Fabregas has agreed a deal with Chelsea.

At his best, the youngest Gunners captain!

 

The ex-Arsenal creative genius has reportedly said yes to Jose Mourinho, who besides branding himself ‘the special one’, has controversy trailing every step he has taken as an adult.

Cesc is a great player, one of the greatest the beautiful game has thrown up. At Arsenal, he met a perfect mentor in Arsene Wenger, who trusted him at just 16 and nurtured the little boy coming from Barcelona to greatness. But it wasn’t just Wenger’s magic…Fabregas was naturally endowed with the football brain of a computer and the passing accuracy of a perfectly molded robot! Wenger, who always dreams of a nobody he’d turn into World best, spent so much time working on the Spaniard that he unwittingly built a big club like Arsenal around the young shoulders of the pass-master.

But Wenger seemingly did overwork for Barca, despite having the effervescent midfield duo of  Xavi and Iniesta, suddenly went gaga, breaking every gentlemanly norm…just to drag the then 25-year old ‘home.’ Even the Mayor of the City of Barcelona shamelessly got involved, labeling the North London Club ‘kidnappers’. History will remind us that Barca got their wish.

Even when his first competitive game for Barca earned him the Euro Super Cup trophy, Fabregas’ god-like creative influence in the midfield zone started waning…so much that ‘false nine’ became a term many times associated with a player, who could drop the round leather directly on a coin placed 60 metres away. Whenever I watched Barca, my heart screamed in pain witnessing such a huge talent being wasted just because Barca and whatever they represented had so much envy that they couldn’t allow Fabregas blossom into World best from the comfort of a man who understood him best.

Who would have believed that same crop of Barca fans could team up and boo Fabregas for letting their expectations down? Pity!

Pity…because, the ex-Arsenal midfielder never dropped in performance…he was only played out of position in a club that had many players greater and more influential than the Barcelona graduate. Fabregas put more effort than he ever put at Arsenal…he never wanted to be seen as making a wrong decision by quitting Arsenal…but he never was going to be the same Fabregas…and when the fans ruthlessly picked on him for a woeful Barca season, he must have had it. Making matters worse, Barca placed him on transfer!

Everybody thought he most certainly was Arsenal-bound but it wasn’t to be. Mourinho and Chelsea would place a 200,000-pounds-a-week deal on the plate. The money is good, very good but if Wenger had signified interest, Fabregas would have rushed back into the comforting arms of one he still calls ‘father’.

Questions  – Is Fabregas still that player that left Arsenal? Certainly not! Will Mourinho give him the license Wenger did to single-handedly orchestrate the midfield? Big NO! Will Fabregas start defending and marking like Mourinho always wishes? Not possible! Will Fabregas be comfortable playing in a park-the-bus formation? NEVER! All the playing days of his life, he has never attempted such negative style.

I can’t see myself ever wishing Chelsea well, for reasons we all know…but I’ll forever pray that Cesc overcomes his huge career mistake and rediscover that form and ability that made him one of the best creative midfielders of all time.

To all Gunners, who understandably feel betrayed seeing the one-time idol dorning the jerseys of their confirmed ‘enemy’, I say…SAVE IT. Arsenal does not need Fabregas. With Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Santi Carzola, Jack Wilshere…Fabregas is one luxury Arsenal should not attempt to embrace. There are  far more important departments to strengthen than waste such funds on a player Arsenal have effectively replaced! Of the top seven teams in England, Chelsea is the team that badly needed a Cesc Fabregas. Arsenal need a macho DM, a sharp striker, a right back, a second keeper and whatever luxury to come after this. WE DO NOT NEED FABREGAS.

 For Mourinho and Chelsea, isn’t it now very clear that both are admitting their error of judgment by selling Juan Mata? Mata is the nearest left-legged Fabregas as you can get…and even the Man U midfielder marks better than Fabregas. Mourinho and Chelsea suddenly are interested in players that can outwit teams that park the bus. Why then should somebody make that animal noise of being special?