José Mourinho has claimed Cesc Fàbregas’s principal motivation when opting to join Chelsea last summer in preference to a potential return to Arsenal was a desire to win titles, as the Spain midfielder prepares to visit the Emirates Stadium for the first time with his new club. Fàbregas joined Arsenal as a 16-year-old from Barcelona in 2003, establishing himself as one of the Premier League’s most accomplished players and winning the 2005 FA Cup, before returning to the Catalan club in 2011. When it became clear that his three-year spell back in Spain was to be curtailed last summer, Arsenal effectively waived first refusal to re-sign the player, leading to the...
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