I have heard so many tributes to the retiring Paul Scholes, and heard him described as a one of the greatest creative central midfielders of the Premiership era. And for years we have had to suffer the boring debate about which of Lampard or Gerrard is the greater.
Well I am happy to tell you all that when it comes to creativity, vision and pure improvisation, none of them compare to our Spanish talisman. Fabregas was the youngest player in Premiership history to reach 100 assists. In fact, Fabregas reached 100 assists in only 190 games, creating an Arsenal league goal more than every other game. It took the mighty Paul ‘I never learnt to tackle’ Scholes 325 games to reach the same milestone. This is the player that Zidane describes as the greatest English player of his generation? It took Gerrard 332 games and Lampard 354 games to create 100 league goals and before you comment that they both score more goals check your facts. Neither Lampard nor Gerrard came close to scoring double figures in a league season until they were 25, and Cesc did so in 2009/10 at the tender age of 22. At 23, Cesc has 35 league goals for the Gunners, and at the same age, Gerrard and Lampard had 20 and 12 respectively.
I have given you plenty of evidence there to suggest that our enigmatic captain is the best creative central midfielder in the Premiership in this century. Of course what he is missing to go with this mercurial talent are Arsenal trophies and for that we need proper sensible investment this summer from Wenger and the backing from the board.
By sensible investment I do mean in proven experience Arsene, not unproven French potential. It is not a case now of what Fabregas owes Arsenal, but what Arsenal owes him.
So let’s make the right defensive signings, keep our best players, and ensure that if our skipper gives us ‘one more year’, he can leave England with more than just incredible statistics, but with a Premiership winner’s medal around his neck, and like Bergkamp, as a true Arsenal legend.
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Great Read ! I have similar viewpoint! Fabregas is not only the passer of the decade but the century ! Scholes cannot come near him ! Neither any other retired, long retired or new players ! Loved when u said ‘It is not a case now of what Fabregas owes to
Arsenal, but what Arsenal owes to him.’
Hate the fact tht he’ll eventually go to Barca to replace Xavi. How much i want them to find another plar to do tht and Fabregas to retire at arsenal !
Fabregas would stay one more year. My instinct tells me n that is my prayer. He is a talented guy.
a good read dave and we all seem to forget that he is still only a youngster . my gut feeling is that if the right money is offered cesc will go dont get me wrong i would love him to stay for good but if a player is unhappy and his heart isn’t in it anymore then best move on . only the professor will know whats best hes done ok so far
love these articles, keep them coming! i liked on facebook 🙂 cesc is quality, but wilchire is better and puts all his heart into the team, cesc seems uninterested in some games, maybe he doesnt thrive as a captain of the team, dont know…