Wenger changed his tune years later but at the time he said what I quoted.
Either way fuck Fabregas. Even if your version of history is right it just means the way he left Arsenal was so shitty Wenger wouldn't have him back. That tells you all you need to know. He welcomed plenty of others back.
est Probably none of these actually reach legendary status, but the likes of Sagna, Cazorla, Wilshere, Ramsey, Arshavin, Walcott, Szczesny, Monreal, Mertesacker and Rosicky
Like yeah I don’t really connect with any of those guys. I love Cazorla and Ramsey mainly due to their cup final moments. And then obviously Tet and Mert have built their legacies post playing. But I don’t have a warm fuzzy recollection of the others
est Good shout, although for some reason Sagna don't really have any connections with Arsenal fans after joining Citeh, or maybe he just doesn't talk about us much. Would agree with the rest. Most of the players during our dry spell of 06-14 and chose to leave us while we are at our low all came to regret leaving us. Even Ramsey was absolutely terrible after he left us, total journeyman.
Chanced upon this video few days ago
His career really went to the gutters after leaving us. Could really have been a legend here.
Aside to that, I no longer have any animosity towards Cesc. He only has nice things to say about us, unlike that fucking rat RVP who still aims digs at Wenger every now and then
Hleb should've won player of the year in 2008.
est Probably none of these actually reach legendary status, but the likes of Sagna, Cazorla, Wilshere, Ramsey, Arshavin, Walcott, Szczesny, Monreal, Mertesacker and Rosicky are among the more memorable players that have a good relationship with most Arsenal fans even after leaving the club.
Podolski deserves a mention - he goes out of his way to have a connection with Arsenal fans via social media.
Arshavin has no connection with the club anymore but his transfer saga is still my favourite saga of all time.
Clrnc might be wrong, but I think Ramsey didn't actually want to leave Arsenal, his aim was to leverage a better contract - and maybe Arsenal (correctly as it turned out) worked out that they'd had his best years and called his bluff. But who knows for sure?
I love Bac Sagna, even ten years after he left, but again probably the right decision for club and player to part ways.
Mirth think Arshavin just came back to the club last year to watch one of the match. He gave an interview 3 years ago saying he had the best time of his life at our club as he loved life in London 
RocktheCasbah Yeah you're right. One of Emery best thing he did for our club is to call his bluff and rescinded the contract offer. If we signed him on that massive wage he would have been equivalent to the latter years Ozil. Agree about Sagna too but we wanted to keep him and he chose to join Citeh. He was absolutely horrible there too. City fans hated him when he started
Unretired
Wish we went for him instead of Neto
We apparently did talk to him and Chesney didn't want to move his family and he didn't want to be backup. This Barca gig just fell in his lap.
I still love Cesc. What a player. I'm not that bothered that he played for Chelsea. There are only so many clubs that could've afforded him and we weren't an option. So many people seem so hurt by it still, but big players leave big clubs for other big clubs all the time.
starting at barca vs backup at arsenal no matter how much you love the club is a no-brainer.
Hleb and Fabregas epitomised to me how much Arsenal fans overrated our players in that era. Excellent players on their day but not among the world's best and were lacking in physicality.
Looking back the devotion and cultism surrounding Fabregas in particular was ultra cringe. Van Persie's sale hurt me far more because he was one of the world's best and Wenger sold him to Ferguson of all people. He should've been forced to see out his contract. If he went on strike, then fuck it. That never ends well for a player and they eventually have to get on with it.
That is a lot of revisionism. Fabregas ran games for us for seasons when the talent around him was waning. Come on, we can hate him now but there is no need to say we overrated fabregas
Dom Hleb and Fabregas epitomised to me how much Arsenal fans overrated our players in that era. Excellent players on their day but not among the world's best and were lacking in physicality.
Cesc was kept out of the starting lineup by Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets. And still he racked up minutes and stats in his time at Barca.
I don't think there's any revisionism. Together they tore a top Milan team, United team, Chelsea team apart etc. There were legit unplayable. When I watched back the matches in 2008 the quality of football is really insane.
Fabregas was very clearly among the world's best.
Dom agree in general on players being overrated around then, guys like Vermaelen, Hleb, Pololski, etc even someone like Rosicky was brilliant in moments but never really gave us enough. Fabregas though, come on. He was sensational for us. His issue were his bad career choices, he went to a Barca team that he couldn't get into the first XI of and then to Chelsea where he was just another big name they ran through. When he and Modric were both in the PL Fabregas was clear but Modric had a much better career because he kept getting better. Fabregas never improved after he left us. When he was here he was one of the best though.
