Sky broadcast a special half-hour interview with Cesc Fabrègas on Christmas Day about his new life as a Barça player and his decision to leave Arsenal. It’s well worth watching and the impression you get is of a player that’s left a big part of his heart in London and although he’s delighted to fulfill his dream of playing for Barcelona, coming back here feels a little parochial compared to life in the “Big Smoke”. That’s completely understandable – living in London broke him away from the Catalan fervor that surrounds being a Barcelona player and will have given him a more worldly perspective that most young players coming out of La Masia won’t have.
It also highlights how much luck is involved in football. Fabrègas admits that there were some players in the Barcelona youth system that were better than himself but that never made it into the first time and says that “luck definitely exists in this sport.”
Enjoy and a Bon Nadal a tothom!
Part 1
Part 2
