Fabregas has his feet firmly on the ground

CESC FABREGAS believes firing Arsenal to the brink of a Champions League semi-final vindicated his bold decision to leave home at the tender age of 16.

Fabregas has sent shockwaves around Europe with his dazzling display against Juventus.

Newspapers in Italy, France and his native Spain drooled over the talents of the teenage sensation, while Thierry Henry spoke of him in the same breath as Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooney.