Left Arsenal because they struggled to recruit players for winning trophies, admits Cesc Fabregas

However, on the podcast with Arseblog, the Spaniard opened up on a number of topics including his relationship with Arsene Wenger. Fabregas also went on to admit that the reason he left Arsenal was that there was far too much pressure on his shoulders to win trophies. He also added that in his final three years at the club, only Robin Van Persie and Samri Nasri were up to mark with the rest of the team far behind.

"I was the captain, I always felt so much pressure on myself. I had to lead this team to win something. I gave everything. Sometimes, I used to go home after we lost and I used to cry. This was going on for a few years. We were playing beautiful football and I enjoyed that side of things but I was putting pressure on myself to lead, to do everything and at one point I felt kind of lonely,” Fabregas told Arseblog.

Both Van Persie and Nasri left soon after Fabregas with Arsenal struggling immensely to replace all three players and that saw many blame the club's recruitment in the years that Fabregas spent at the club and post that. However, the 32-year-old further revealed that he was drained mentally and physically at the end of his there and even added that a few players never hit the same levels of commitment.