Seems Jose has been impressed with what he has seen of Fab so far in pre season.......
Jose Mourinho has expressed his surprise at being able to sign Cesc Fabregas this summer and believes he will be the key to the Blues title charge next season:
I always thought Cesc would stay a Barcelona player,â he told reporters after a 3-0 friendly defeat to Werder Bremen on Sunday.
âIt was him feeling so strongly about coming back to English football, a bit like me. I was in a big club, Real Madrid, and wanted to be back.
"He was at a big club, Barcelona, and wanted to be back. When we heard that he wanted to come back to London, we knew he was the last one we wanted."
Fabregas was something of a talisman for Arsenal when he was their captain and was probably the most effective attacking midfielder in the Premier League while at the Gunners. Mourinho has certainly been impressed by Fabregas from what he has seen so far this pre-season and all but declared he would be the focus point of the teamâs attacking play because of the talents he brings to the table.
Arsene Wenger built his team around Fabregasâ passing ability and eye for a goal in the final third, before the youngster demanded a move to his former club in 2011, and it seems as though Mourinho has come to realise he will have to do something similar.
Cesc everywhere
"I see him everywhere, because he can play everywhere,â said Mourinho when quizzed over where he planned to deploy the man he purchased this summer for £30million.
âHis best quality is the speed at which he analyses the game and executes. He's very intelligent. And gives you goals.
â[Fabregas is] the missing piece of our engine. He has a football brain we need in our team. All the players have a fantastic feeling around Cesc. They really feel that he sees football too fast.
âIt is so rare that he loses the ball or makes a wrong decision. He can accelerate the intensity of the game, or he can reduce it."
Mourinhoâs words will not be pleasing hearing for Arsenal fans, many of who were angered at the clubâs refusal to take up the first refusal option they had written into the deal that took Fabregas to Barcelona from Emirates Stadium.
Fabregas admitted his desire was to re-join the north London club where he made his name, but that he chose the best offer from the capital after Wenger made it clear he would not be paying the money for his former charge.
Jose Mourinho has expressed his surprise at being able to sign Cesc Fabregas this summer and believes he will be the key to the Blues title charge next season:
I always thought Cesc would stay a Barcelona player,â he told reporters after a 3-0 friendly defeat to Werder Bremen on Sunday.
âIt was him feeling so strongly about coming back to English football, a bit like me. I was in a big club, Real Madrid, and wanted to be back.
"He was at a big club, Barcelona, and wanted to be back. When we heard that he wanted to come back to London, we knew he was the last one we wanted."
Fabregas was something of a talisman for Arsenal when he was their captain and was probably the most effective attacking midfielder in the Premier League while at the Gunners. Mourinho has certainly been impressed by Fabregas from what he has seen so far this pre-season and all but declared he would be the focus point of the teamâs attacking play because of the talents he brings to the table.
Arsene Wenger built his team around Fabregasâ passing ability and eye for a goal in the final third, before the youngster demanded a move to his former club in 2011, and it seems as though Mourinho has come to realise he will have to do something similar.
Cesc everywhere
"I see him everywhere, because he can play everywhere,â said Mourinho when quizzed over where he planned to deploy the man he purchased this summer for £30million.
âHis best quality is the speed at which he analyses the game and executes. He's very intelligent. And gives you goals.
â[Fabregas is] the missing piece of our engine. He has a football brain we need in our team. All the players have a fantastic feeling around Cesc. They really feel that he sees football too fast.
âIt is so rare that he loses the ball or makes a wrong decision. He can accelerate the intensity of the game, or he can reduce it."
Mourinhoâs words will not be pleasing hearing for Arsenal fans, many of who were angered at the clubâs refusal to take up the first refusal option they had written into the deal that took Fabregas to Barcelona from Emirates Stadium.
Fabregas admitted his desire was to re-join the north London club where he made his name, but that he chose the best offer from the capital after Wenger made it clear he would not be paying the money for his former charge.
