Chelsea 3 Swansea 1: At 29, and with an astonishing 671 senior appearances for club and country already to his name, Cesc Fabregas insists he is facing new challenges under Antonio Conte and has pledged to remain at Chelsea for as long as the club wants him to stay.

Chelsea 4 Stoke City 2

West Brom 3 Chelsea 0: This was an extraordinary evening at The Hawthorns in every sense.

Brendan Rodgers plans another summer of rebuilding at Liverpool with Steven Gerrard’s departure imminent and the absence of Champions League football next term all but mathematically confirmed.

Hull 2 Chelsea 3

Diego Costa was on target in a 2-0 win as Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea proved a barrier too far for West Ham.

Stoke boss Mark Hughes hopes Bojan Krkic can follow the lead of fellow Spaniard and ex-Barcelona man Cesc Fabregas by developing into an established Premier League star.

Chelsea 3 Sporting Lisbon 1

Liverpool 1 Chelsea 2

NK Maribor 1 Chelsea 1

Man United 1 Chelsea 1

Ronald Koeman’s dream start as Southampton boss hit new heights as his side soared to their biggest league win against hapless Sunderland at St Mary’s.

Manager Arsene Wenger maintains there can be no regrets over former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas moving to Chelsea from Barcelona this summer — though he suspects the deal was done long before.

It was far from a normal result, but Jose Mourinho claims he had the most normal of reactions. The last time Chelsea hosted Arsenal, back on March 22, they secured their biggest ever win over their London neighbours, with a 6-0 destruction.

Champions League Group G

Cesc Fabregas has confirmed he did not join Arsenal from Barcelona because Arsene Wenger had no place for him.

Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla admits he would like to see Cesc Fabregas to come back to the Gunners as speculation mounts about a Premier League return for the Barcelona midfielder.

At his post-game press conference on Saturday night it seemed Gerardo Martino’s biggest problem ahead of Barcelona’s Champions League last 16 first leg at Manchester City is who to start.

Neymar scored his first goal for Barcelona as the Catalans came from behind to salvage a draw in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup at the Vicente Calderon.

Manchester United manager David Moyes is expected to step up his interest in Marouane Fellaini following the collapse of Cesc Fabregas’ proposed move to Old Trafford.

Manchester United manager David Moyes is hoping to hear some positive news about his pursuit of Cesc Fabregas within the next couple of days.

Manchester United have submitted a £26m bid for Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas, it is understood.

Gary Neville has advised Wayne Rooney against a move away Manchester United, insisting there is no bigger achievement than playing for the Premier League powerhouse.

Barcelona 1 Levante 0

PSG 2 Barcelona 2

Paris St Germain 2 Barcelona 2

Barcelona 5 Athletic Bilbao 1

Arsene Wenger must hate August 15.

Cesc Fabregas is not going to let jibes about ’boring’ Spain spoil the best day of his life.

Barcelona forward Pedro has been rewarded for his two goals in the Copa del Rey final on Friday by being included in Spain’s 23-man squad for the European Championships.

Chelsea 1 Barcelona 0

AC Milan 2 Barcelona 3

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is sure he is once again in charge of a happy, united dressing room after Thomas Vermaelen bucked the recent trend by committing his future to the club.

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has given his unequivocal backing to manager Arsene Wenger and declared: “Arsene’s our man.”

CESC FABREGAS scored a brilliant volley to keep Barcelona’s non-stop victory parade going with a UEFA Super Cup triumph over Porto last night.

Arsene Wenger accepts there are now more doubts than ever over the future of his young Arsenal side.

ARSENAL last night finally accepted defeat in their efforts to keep captain Cesc Fabregas and announced a deal has been reached in principal for Fabregas to return to Barcelona.

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has not been specifically instructed to attend tomorrow’s Members’ Day and the Gunners will not be taking team photographs both with and without the wantaway midfielder.

EMBATTLED Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger suffered another blow yesterday after it emerged the Gunners had missed a deadline that would have allowed them to sign Juan Mata for £18 million.

Arsenal would be willing to sell captain Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona if they can agree a fee, according to BBC Sport.

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has admitted the Catalan club are unwilling to pay Arsenal’s €39.5m valuation of their captain Cesc Fabregas, but says the midfielder is doing “all he can” to join Pep Guardiola’s side.

CESC FABREGAS yesterday pledged his loyalty to Arsenal but revealed he is uncertain whether he is still wanted by Arsene Wenger.