One of the best midfielders in the world, Cesc Fàbregas, has come to personify the philosophy of Arsene Wenger on the soccer field. Mobile, with a charming first touch, completely unselfish, always aware of the “big picture” and fully committed to playing the game the “right” way, Fàbregas is the perfect midfielder for one of Wenger’s teams.

How Barcelona should curse the day that he let Cesc Fàbregas slip through their fingers. It wasn’t like they didn’t know about him either. The acknowledged star of their much-acclaimed youth politics with 30 goals in a single season and player of the tournament at a FIFA U-17 World Championship, the Catalan giants knew they had a star in the making. And yet Arsene Wenger was able to persuade him to turn his back on the team he loved and had played for since childhood and head to North London. It seems that Barcelona have been trying to sign him ever since.

However, it didn’t take long for Arsenal fans to realize why the club had signed the young Spaniard. Despite his comparatively small stature, Cesc was put into the first team in a League Cup game when he was just 16 years old in 2003 and the following season he became the Gunners’ youngest goalscorer in a League game. Premier League. When you compare Fàbregas’s progress to the careful way in which the Arsenal manager has nurtured the talents of, for example, Walcott, Ramsey and Mérida, then you can appreciate how well he must have been considered. After all, Cesc had played his 150th game with the first team before he was 20 years old.

This 2009/10 season has seen Cesc play a role in which he has been able to get into the rival area more frequently. The consequence of this has been that, at the time of writing this report, his serenity in the face of goal had led him to score a more than adequate 9 goals in 15 games, in the League and the Champions League. The way he has connected with Van Persie, Arshavin and others has won applause from Arsenal across Europe.

Unafraid to make an entrance, and certainly never shy about standing his ground, Fàbregas’s commitment to Arsenal is another reason fans love their captain so much. Although he is a very different type of player from the legendary Tony Adams, he has become yet another Arsenal captain who the fans of this famous London club consider their own representative on the field.

Cesc Fàbregas has become an important member of the successful Spanish team in recent years, with 45 caps and 4 goals to his credit so far. His profile at home is high enough that the two Spanish giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​actively covet his signature on frequent occasions. With his childhood hero Pep Guardiola, now Barcelona coach, it seems unthinkable that Cesc would sign for anyone other than them, if he leaves Arsenal, but Arsenal fans everywhere hope that day will be a few years from now. .

And the Premier League would really be a lesser place without a player like Cesc Fàbregas turning it on.