For advocates of FC Barcelona the news of the summer was that Cesc Fabregas was ultimately joining the club, after a year or more engaged in a phoney war with Arsenal in which time he was expected to move but stayed forcibly put.
“Cesc” – short for Francesc – Fabregas started his football career at Mataro as a younster and it's claimed that his coach was so afraid of Barça signing him that he wasn't played against Barcelona. In the final analysis they went and did see him and signed him into Barcelona’s youth academy at the age of 10 and played alongside Gerard Pique and Lionel Messi.
Nonetheless because of limited opportunities at FC Barcelona he left and instead joined Arsenal’s youth academy aged 16 and made his debut for the London club in 2003. It wasn't till the 2004/05 season that he changed into a first team regular and played in league matches though.
Making a name for himself, he played against FC Barcelona in the 2006 Champions League final, while Real Madrid tried to allow him to go from his Arsenal contract. Replenishing a long-term contract with the Gunners, Cesc played in all the league matches and continued to build his name for creative play and in June 2007 gained 60 % of the votes to be named Arsenal’s Player of the year; he also won the award a year later on.
In 2008 Cesc was made Arsenal’s captain; however , Cesc was sidelined for 4 months with a knee injury sustained against Liverpool. He also suffered a leg fracture in 2010 against FC Barcelona while playing in the Champions League quarterfinal.
At the end of the 2010 season after playing alongside one or two Barça vets in the Spanish squad that claimed the Cup there was intense conjecture regarding his future and in the celebrations that followed Spain’s win his teammates pulled at Barça shirt over his head; Nevertheless a 35 million bid was defied by Arsenal.
A year later the two teams once more entered into long talks. Finally Cesc was allowed to walk away from the London club and into the arms of his boyhood team – FC Barcelona.
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