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Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas - the best youngster in the Premier League
The 20-year-old Spaniard has it all, and like the true greats exudes class with every touch.
by Ed Bottomley on 12 March 2008
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Whispers about young players and their fledgling talents drift around and excite all of us.
Everton's star 16-year-old centre-half Jack Rodwell is meant to be such an excellent talent that Chelsea offered to relocate his entire family en masse and buy him a four-bedroom home of his choice.
Jose Baxter and Kieran Agard are supposed to be excellent Goodison strikers in the making. Who hasn't heard of Spurs' Adel Taarabt, the new Zinedine Zidane according to some, but with his (admittedly explosive) cameos for Tottenham it is still hard to gauge just what heights he will scale.
To be honest all this talk of Taarabt reminds me of the youngster that sent a wave of excitement throughout the Premier League. I am still intoxicated by Wayne Rooney when he was the young, bullish Everton streetfighter. I was there in late autumn of 2002 when he flung the ball over David Seaman's head like a vandal's brick – taking down the mighty Arsenal, unbeaten in 30-matches, with one sweet shot. He's still only 22, and if it wasn't for Arsenal's Spanish genius, I would still rate Wayne as the greatest youngster in the Premier League.
Aside from my obvious bias for Rooney, there are a host of options in deciding the best young player in the Premier League.
Man UTD and Tottenham will be at the top of most people’s minds, and Arsenal too have a phalanx of starlets to choose from. And for me the best youngster in the Premier League is Cesc Fabregas.
It seems strange to call him a youngster as his performances this season have had the assured and steady hand of an experienced professional. In his man of the match performance against the elder statesman of Europe, Milan, at the San Siro, he exuded experience and precision that we all thought could only come with age.
Fabregas is aplayer with everything on his side, most obviously talent and age.
At just 20, Fabregas is a player who lets his feet do the talking but isn’t too verbose.
Cesc doesn't suffer from verbal diaorrhea, dribbling too much and succumbing to the stepover every other breath. Neither is Cesc too monosyllabic, foisting leaden passes on teammates.
No, Fabregas does everything in moderation, it is all is judged perfectly, as if he already knows it is coming.
Comments (26)
by The chosen Yid on March 12, 2008
How old Is C.Ronaldo?, bearing in mind Fabregas is 20 and you are considering him a youngster!
by JJ B on March 12, 2008
Ronaldo is 23...
by Niala Baboolal on March 12, 2008
I don't think Fabregas is the best youth in the Premier league.... It's Wayne Rooney!!! Fabreags is a very inconsistent player and I, being a die-hard AC Milan fan....very much dislike Cesc.....he broke our hearts and shattered our dreams.
by MUFC on March 12, 2008
In all seriousness fabregas is overrated. Sure he turned on the magic against milan- but where has he been the last 16 league games? against birmingham, villa and more recently at wigan he done sweet fa (including missing an absolute sitter at wigan) not to mention the two games at united when andershow snuffed him out of the game. Great players are consistent as well as brilliant technically i.e Ronaldo; 30 goals- 30 games. Fabregas is basically a slighter better continental version of michael carrick- fact. watch him the next arsenal game. all link up passing to the nearest man. he cant dribble, he cant finish ( yet again one match at milan means nothing) and is far from being the best in the premiership. The best youngsters in the premiership are as follows; Ronaldo, Anderson, Rooney, Nani, then fabregas.
by Andres Peres on March 12, 2008
mufc, do you really believe that nani, right now, with all the cards on the table is better than fabregas. you must be having a laugh.
by MUFC on March 13, 2008
Fabregas is a far superior passer. name me one other attribute hes better at?
by n n on March 13, 2008
MUFC chose 4 man utd players as the best in the premiership, then again to quote wenger "Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home."
by Gooner - on March 13, 2008
MUFC the fact that you can only name all 3 best youngsters coming from manutd just shows that you are one sided and far biased. see, fabregas can pass, score, intercept, tackle, and dictate the game. And if you have notice, when fabregas aint playing well, arsenal will not be playing well. the fact that our game involves him so much shows that he is superior. if nani or anderson isnt playing well, united wont be affected. and if anderson suddenly pops up as one of the best because "he thrashed fabregas" in the FA Cup 5th round, mate that match arsenal were not even willing to be in that game yet alone win it.
by complete neutral on March 13, 2008
well, i loathe both manutd and arsenal equally. but check out what i found Adebayor Ronaldo Goals 19 21 Appearances 27 24 Goals Per Game 0.70 0.88 Games Scored In 14 13 Points Won 10 11 Games Impacted 4 0 Games Not Impacted 4 6 Goals At Home 9 14 Goals Away 10 7 This table shows that ronaldo isnt any better than adebayor in terms of big games. An accusation levelled at the Togolese striker is that he does not score in big games. If it is true of Adebayor, it is equally as true of Ronaldo. Adebayor scored in both local derbies and Ronaldo against Arsenal. That’s it; neither netted against Chelsea or Liverpool. so c.ronaldo is overrated too huh!
by gunners888 - on March 13, 2008
ok the matter of fact is cesc scored in most of the important games. such as win over mancity at home, first crucial goal in milan, against Liverpool, United, the crucial 2nd at WHL etc.ok if not the best atleast his one of the top 3
by Hericoni on March 13, 2008
MUFC? you are a crap! Cesc win games & I can start counting. Back-track to Juventus in CL 2006. Cesc gave us the edge by scoring 1st. Against Liverpool, Man U, Man City, Spurs, Milan, Sevilla etc. he did the same. Please kindly explain what happens to C.Ronaldo when it comes to big games! The guy seems to disappear on the field. Cesc is a fighter & you can't even imagine how intelligent this young chap is. After the Man U loss, he went home with the tape & watched the game over again to check what was wrong in that match & he detected where the problem was. If it was to be Rooney, Nani, C. Ronaldo & Anderson, am sure they would be in a club that night partying & raping tenage girls. Cesc was played out of position for most of Wigans game & against Man U FA cup & Spurs in CC, his team partner (Gilberto) was an error. You bloody said Cesc can only pass? What about tackles, shooting & pace-setting...he is the best. If you have Cesc in your team, Scholes would have retired long time ago, your Sir Fag would have never bought Anderson or Carick & Rooney would have been a top scorer in EPL. comparing Nani & Anderson to Cesc is a total disrespect to this great player because he brought more joy to EPL that they have such a young player with great sense of maturity. A player Barca will always regret losing.
by davio knobsville on March 13, 2008
When the two biggest clubs in the world vote for there new presidents. The name that the candidates always bring up is Fabregas to try to get themselves voted in........ I hope nobody rates Fabregas and we can keep him forever!!!!
n all seriousness fabregas is overrated. Sure he turned on the magic against milan- but where has he been the last 16 league games? against birmingham, villa and more recently at wigan he done sweet fa (including missing an absolute sitter at wigan) not to mention the two games at united when andershow snuffed him out of the game. Great players are consistent as well as brilliant technically i.e Ronaldo; 30 goals- 30 games. Fabregas is basically a slighter better continental version of michael carrick- fact. watch him the next arsenal game. all link up passing to the nearest man. he cant dribble, he cant finish ( yet again one match at milan means nothing) that is all true, regardless of what some angry italian says lol. As for nani maybe at the moment hes not as highly rated as fabregas, i was referring to potential. And it is absolute fact that fabregas cant dribble, i challenge anyone here to post a link to a video of fabregas beating a man. he cant do it. all link up passing with the occasional great pass. not world class. end of
I don't remember Beckham beating too many men, but his passing and crossing made up for that.....
by THE GREATEST on March 13, 2008
Beckham was a clown and always will be, hence why he was never the best in uniteds midfield never mind the league (scholes, keano and giggs all better than him). All dead-ball- no skill.
on March 13, 2008 on March 13, 2008
MUFC is apparently angered that the article didnt mention about his much loved man utd players so no point arguing on his comments. they are so biased. His definition of a great youngster apparently does not includes the ability to pass because fabregas is so good in it i doubt anyone can beat him in it plus he has the vision to put his teammates through.
I wonder what Man U would have won in the last 12 years if they take out Beckhams goals and his assists......
by Ed Bottomley on March 13, 2008
Ok, so I stumble onto Youtube, type in "cesc fabregas" and this is the first result I get: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJAY8Ox5ko The first 3 seconds of this clip show him beating a man! When you make such a bold claim, try and at least do some research first!
As of the fifth of March 2008 Fabregas had only one goal less in the league than the Man U top striker Rooney, but he cannot finish!!
by Husein sevume on March 15, 2008
how can you compare a flop like Nani to one of the best central midfielders in the modern game? Anderson is good but he is yet to justify his abilities. Ronaldo Destroys Derby county and against Roma , he becomes a spectator on the pitch. get serious guys Fabregas is already a legend in the premiership.
by kt fabregas2b on March 16, 2008
cesac fabregas is not inconsistent!!!!!!!!!!!!! how can you say that? every game there are at least 4 key passes that he does and he is immensely talented, articulate and modest. How can someone be considered inconsistent when they have approcimately 5 player of the months for arsenal in a row. Ronaldo is a flashy player who has a bad reputation outside of football. He is 3 years older than cesc and was crap at cesc's age. He is not a proper youngster and cesc will kick his ass when he is 23 aswell.
by ASHWELL FLUX on March 23, 2008
Cesc is far better than Ronaldo !!!
by Steve Taylor on April 10, 2008
Fabregas Is The Best Playmaker in the Premiership by far, if you watch a match how accurate many long ball to Adebayor does he do. nearly every match he make an assist and also when you watch a live Arsenal Match he is involved in nearly every attack. Fabregas is so in control of the match that when he has the ball he will never lose it.
by Matt Burch on April 10, 2008
I'm an Arsenal fan and i have to say that ronaldo has more of an impact that fabregas but both players have to be the top two players in the Prem at the moment because C.Ronaldo has scored 37 goals and some important ones and his skill is breath taking, fabregas has 13 goals is involved in most of the arsenal attacks and has great vision and set up a lot of goals, ok so he is not a flash player but he is still the best young center mid in the world and he never gets tackled and he is amazing, becuz every match he dictacts it and he always has an impact. But my player of the year so far is Ronaldo and then Fabregas. Imagine both players in the same them with rooney and adebayor up front!! that will be the best team ever!
on April 20, 2008 on April 20, 2008
fabregas is da best he can pass da ball a long range and it goes straight who he is aiming for
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