Cesc: I'm No Ronaldo
|Arsenal midfield maestro Cesc Fabregas admits that he has not let fame get to his head during recent months; and while the Spanish star may be a European Championship winner with his country, Fabregas reveals that he’s kept his feet firmly on the ground.
The 21-year-old started and played the full 90 minutes in the Gunners’ 3-1 win over Everton despite the Barcelona-born starlet sporting a broken nose sustained on International duty with Spain.
Fabregas accepts that he may one day play in La Liga for his boyhood club but, for now, he believes in Wenger’s youth policy.
He said:
“My ego is totally under control despite the fact that I’m a champion of Europe with Spain – in fact although footballing life in England, thanks to Arsenal, makes me feel a far more important player than my time with the national team.
“I’m also aware that the key to understanding Arsene Wenger is that he has crystal clear ideas about what he wants.”
Fans have been critical of Arsene Wenger’s policies in recent weeks, notably for not spending ‘big money’ during the summer transfer window. Cesc though, is confident that buying the likes of Ronaldo, Torres et al will turn mega-rich owners into acquiring players like ‘toys’.
“He doesn’t just want to go and spend money – I don’t think there’s another coach like him anywhere in the world. His philosophy remains to show faith in the young talents.
“He knows full well that were Arsenal to go out and succeed in buying, say, Cristiano Ronaldo then how would you ever discover the extent to which Theo Walcott can reach his full potential?
“It’s good, too, that Arsenal is not one of those clubs owned by a ‘magnate’. It seems to me that for mega-rich guys like that buying football clubs is like a ‘hobby’. Effectively it’s like collecting another toy and if you go off it one month then you just change it”.
Cesc’s next game is in the Champions League away to the fiery Turkish atmosphere of Fenerbache. Gooner Talk will be covering every step of the build-up towards that game as well as an in-depth match report shortly after the full time whistle.
Good for Cesc. It’s better for him not to let all this fame thing get to his head…it can destroy any player’s career…
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This comment is off topic but i liked the way “the news of the world” went with fabregas rejecting a a new contract and the “telegraph” went with theo walcott not getting a new contract, its wrong that papers are allowed to just make things up to fill pages and its nearly always aimed at disrupting arsenal.
I think Cesc will leave us one day, but it’s nice that he’s saying nice things about us until he does. I wonder if he’s just mouthing phrases, or whether he still believes in the grand project. Having his two best mates leave over the summer must’ve shaken his belief in Wenger.
I would say that if Arsenal succeeded in buying Ronaldo, I’d be very happy. If he’s better than Theo, he’ll strengthen the side and give us a better chance of winning the Premier League. And isn’t that the whole reason clubs recruit new players? Otherwise, we’d all be using academy graduates.
Anyone got a link to watch highlights from yesterdays game pleaseeeeeee???
Goals here:
http://arsenalist.com/2008/10/18/arsenal-vs-everton-highlights-goals-english-premier-league/