Cesc: Arsenal Didn’t Want Me Because They Had Ozil
The 27-year-old started his life at Chelsea with six assists in five games and explained it’s not his fault that he didn’t return to the Gunners.
"Changing clubs is part of the game and people must remember it was Arsenal who didn't take up the buy-back option for me," he said as quoted by ESPN.
"I can understand some people at Arsenal are sad, some people are upset, some people are even angry. But I have to look after myself. I had to make a decision.
"I wanted to keep playing football, enjoying myself and my career and I felt that joining Chelsea was the best option for me. There would have been a reaction wherever I had gone.
"If I had moved to Manchester United they would say, 'He's gone to a club that have been our big rivals for such a long time.' If it had been Manchester City they would have complained, too.”
Fabregas was criticized after patting the Blues badge when scoring his first Chelsea goal in the Champions League last Wednesday, but defended his actions.
"I was actually patting my chest, but it doesn't matter. This is the club I'm at and I will do everything for this team. That's my job.
"I would never intentionally do anything to create any problem with Arsenal or any other club. They can say to me whatever they want now, they can dislike me, they can hate me - but nothing will change my feelings for the club.
"But in football things change. I left Arsenal for a reason and I didn't come back for a reason.
"I was always going back to the Premier League because, to me, there's no other league around the world that's better than it.
"Arsenal had the first option - it was written in the contract - and so they could have said 'yes' but they decided not to. They told me now Ozil was there, there was no need for me.
"That's life. No problem. We move on. Life moves on. Football moves on."
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