Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas claims hardly anyone goes onto be a success after leaving the Gunners.

And the Spanish international would rather worry about his football than his bank balance, as he reveals his surprise that former team-mates Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb left the Emirates this summer for AC Milan and Barcelona respectively.

“It is surprising,” Farbregas told the Telegraph. “I cannot remember any player who has left Arsenal and been a superstar. You know it is difficult. Don't get me wrong, Alex Hleb and Mathieu Flamini are probably two of my best friends in football. I wish them all the best, I speak to them every week.

“Arsenal is Arsenal and this club has something special that no others have. We have to take care of it. That’s why you have to be intelligent in your decisions.

“I know what this clubs has. I have spoken to a lot of players. I have friends in Spain, in Italy and they speak to me about other clubs and I know that I’m privileged to be where I am and I don’t want to lose it.

"I’m still young, I want to win things for the club, I want to get experience and I want to compete. Because when you see football around the world you see very few teams that play the way that we play. And I just enjoy the way we play.”

[Guardian-Series]

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