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Fabregas torn over Barcelona move
Written by Duncan Friday, 06 August 2010
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Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas admits he is torn between a move to Barcelona or remaining in north London.
Fabregas
has long been linked with a return to Barca, the club where he started
his career as a youth player, but Arsenal are unwilling to let one of
their star players leave and have already turned down a £29m bid from
the Catalan giants.
The 23-year-old admits he is drawn to
Barca, having supported the club for his whole life, but says a recent
conversation with Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has left him in doubt as
to where is future lies.
”I‘m a Barca fan, I‘m a socio, as
is my grandfather, my uncle, my cousin... I have felt the colours from a
young age, I‘m Catalan,” Fabregas said in an interview to magazine DIR
Emotions.
”However, I‘m the captain of Arsenal, I‘m a ‘Gunner‘, and I have become a player there and matured as a person.”
During
that time, Fabregas has grown up under the tutelage of Wenger and the
Spain midfielder says the Arsenal coach is like a second father for him.
“He
is a second father for me, the most important person in my life after
my father. He has behaved really well with me and taken me in like a
son. I am part of his family.
“He doesn‘t want me to
leave. And in my last conversation with him in London, it was one of the
most difficult moments I have experienced. I ended up very upset,” he
said.
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