Mourinho’s Fab claim

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho maintains it took him only 20 minutes to convince Cesc Fabregas to sign from Barcelona — and claims the former Arsenal captain never wanted to move back to his old club.

Sat, 19 Jul, 2014 - 01:00

Dylan King

The Blues brought in Fabregas before the World Cup.

Arsenal had first option to bring Fabregas back to the club he left in 2007, which manager Arsene Wenger passed up as he pursued other targets.

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