On October 23rd 2003, a certain Spaniard made his debut for Arsenal and it was unknown to many that this player would go on and fill with aplomb the creative roles of Arsenal greats Robert Pires, Dennis Bergkamp and even Freddie Ljunberg.
Cesc Fabregas went on not only to become Arsene Wenger’s first choice midfielder, but club captain, as well as the assist king of Europe. He constantly supplied balls for the likes of Thierry Henry, Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie. His performances were soon noted by boyhood club Barcelona and the Catalan club. Eventually they came calling and their advances were too good to resist as they not o...

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