Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has talked up Arsenal’s Premier League title chances this season, and Fabregas is also expecting competition from his former club.
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“If you add up the amounts the clubs have spent in the last three or four years I think maybe you will find a surprise”, says the Portuguese.
“Cabaye at Crystal Palace – a player that left Newcastle two years ago to go to Paris Saint-Germain to get lots of money on a big transfer fee – is coming to Crystal Palace”. Arsenal have not beaten Chelsea in 12 games and not only have they not beaten them, they have often looked poor. The FA Charity Shield match is the unofficial kickoff of the Premier League season and is contested by the Premier League champions and the FA Cup winners.
The Arsenal manager then took a dig at his Chelsea counterpart by stating that he is concerned about opinions of people outside of his football club.
The Frenchman’s retort comes after the Gunners signed Petr Cech from the Blues earlier this season – reportedly against Mourinho’s wishes – and amid a flurry of rumours and reports that Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema could be on his way to the Emirates.
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has told Arsenal fans that their booing and jeering doesn’t bother him because he will always love the club as he prepares to encounter them again this weekend in the Community Shield, the Daily Star reports.
“It’s a fantastic squad with good players, fantastic goalkeeper”.
Days after Wenger claimed that Manchester United had abandoned their policy of developing home-grown talents and were chasing short-term success with a series of expensive signings, Mourinho was at pains to point out that the Gunners have forked out nearly £150m in two years. I think the players mentioned by Jose should have this quote on the dressing room door as a motivation. I realise one day that my career will come to an end so I want to give everything these next few years. He saved a penalty against Udinese which helped us win the game and seal CL group stages.
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The final player who will miss out on Sunday is Danny Welbeck as the forward is still not fully recovered from a knee injury that ruled him out of last seasons run-in.
