What does it take for a young player to break into the first team and what constitutes an exceptional talent when it comes to a young player? When Patrick Vieira left Arsenal after such an illustrious career to go to Juventus, Arsenal fans were clamoring for established stars to take over Vieira’s position. Instead, Wenger turned to a young talent in the form of Cesc Fabregas who had got a few first team games under his belt but was hardly ready to step in to such big shoes…or so we thought. The result was a strong run all the way to the Champions League final and as a consequence, Wenger went on to build his team around Fabregas. Fabregas is the only prodigious talent that Arsenal can...
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