Cesc Fabregas has spent some of football's downtime getting a few things off his chest. The former Arsenal midfielder gave an excellent interview to the Arsecast podcast in which he detailed his frustrations during his time at the Gunners, which included the failure to attract top quality players to the club.
And one of those players was Xabi Alonso, who he says was desperate to join the Gunners towards the end of his time at Liverpool in 2009. "I was with Xabi on the phone the whole summer," said Fabregas. "He was dying to come.
He was literally begging everyone to go to Arsenal, he really wanted to come. "And to be honest, I did my best. I spoke to who I had to speak to.
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