Barcelona's latest signing Fabregas gets emotional while bidding farewell to Arsenal coach Wenger
Barcelona's latest signing Fabregas gets emotional while bidding farewell to Arsenal coach WengerCesc Fabregas paid an emotional tribute to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger after completing his move to Barcelona and admitted his failure to lift a trophy as Gunners skipper will always be his "biggest regret".
Cesc Fabregas kisses his Barcelona jersey at Camp Nou in Barcelona
yesterday. PIC/Getty Images The 24-year-old Catalan midfielder finally returned to Barca yesterday eight years after leaving to sign for Arsenal as a teenager in 2003. The reigning European champions have splashed out ufffd25.5million up front to recapture their former youth product, who has signed a five-year contract, in a deal which could eventually earn Arsenal ufffd35million.
Fabregas paid tribute to the club where he "went from a boy to a man" but won only one major honour, the 2005 FA Cup. The former Gunners captain, who was given the armband in 2008, said: "I was just a servant and spent eight years there when I gave absolutely everything."
Fabregas was all praise foru00a0 his former coach Wenger. "I'll never have enough words to thank him for all he's done for me. I'll never forget him. "I owe it to him that I am here. On Friday I said goodbye to him and I got very emotional because he's like a father figure to me. I couldn't even talk at one stage, when I wanted to say how grateful I was. I got a bit emotional and couldn't talk much. "I had to send him a message afterwards, saying 'I'll never forget what you've done for me'."
