Wenger Insists Fabregas Will Return

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that he can see former captain Cesc Fabregas returning to the club.

Fabregas left Barcelona at the age of 16, and returned 8 years later in 2011 after over 200 first-team appearances for Arsenal. Wenger was extremely sad to see him go at the time, but still insists that their is a posibility that he may return.

"I'm not convinced he wont come back here one day" insisted Wenger. "He is really an Arsenal man. He loves Arsenal and watches every game of Arsenal", "But of course Barcelona was his home town where he grew up and you have to accept that will come into it, especially with them having the best team in the world. [Fabregas would not come back] in the next two, three years, certainly not, because he is linked with Barcelona. But maybe later."

When Fabregas left the gunners, he became the latest of the long line of stars to leave Arsenal. Wenger now seems to be building a British spine to the team with Englishman Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all signing new long term contracts with the club, as well negotiations underway over a possible Theo Walcott contract extension.