Let's talk about Cesc, Baby

“I see him as somebody who thinks football faster than the majority of the players.”

“He is the kind of player we need in our midfield to bring us to a different dimension.”

“The ball possession, the speed of the circulation, the decisive pass. He has everything.”

"He can accelerate the intensity of the game or he can reduce it. He's very intelligent and he has goals. We are so happy and all the players have a fantastic feeling around him as they really feel that he sees football too fast, too fast."

"I always thought Cesc would be a Barcelona player because he is so good and being a Catalan and with the end of Xavi's career coming. When we heard the information he'd decided to come back to London we knew he was the one we wanted."

"His football brain is what we need in our team. I see him everywhere. His best quality is the speed of how he analyses the game and executes. It is difficult for him to lose the ball or make the wrong decision."

"He can play as a No 10 and score or a No 8 and give most of his game to the team as we have Matic as anchorman and Mikel. Then we have Oscar and Willian as No 10s. Cesc is both, he is the missing piece of our engine."

"Frank is the history of the club, history nobody can forget."

"Fabregas is the future; history is history but the future is more important at the moment."

"My opinion, and the opinion of my players, is that Fabregas is the right player to occupy that central position in midfield."