The Blues midfielder has hailed his previous colleague and companion in front of his side's conflict with Barcelona in the Champions League
Cesc Fabregas is anticipating confronting his great companion Lionel Messi when Chelsea welcome Barcelona to Stamford Bridge in the Champions League on Tuesday.
The last-16 tie will be the first run through Fabregas has played against Barcelona for Chelsea, yet he came up against Messi three times amid his Arsenal days.
He additionally put in three years nearby Messi in Barcelona's first group, with the match having been dear companions since they were 12 years of age experiencing childhood in the Catalan club's La Masia foundation. Messi and Fabregas went to Ibiza together the previous summer and the Chelsea midfielder went to his wedding to Antonella Roccuzzo.
Messi has sporadically been connected with a move to the Premier League previously and Fabregas trusts the Argentine would be the best player in England, even in his 30s, in the event that he at any point moved.
"No ifs ands or buts, he would even now be the best [player in England]," Fabregas revealed to News men before including that he has not talked much to Messi about Tuesday's match.
"We as a whole need to live it from inside. These diversions require less talking and to center around playing and giving all we have. Obviously [it implies a great deal to play Barcelona]. To me, and to all players on the planet, including the ones who were conceived there.
"However, regardless of whether you like Barcelona or not, the 'exceptional' word can be comprehended from multiple points of view and, as a footballer who likes to live extraordinary minutes, you know Barcelona offers it, both playing for them or against them. It will be an entrancing round and I am certain we are for the most part going to appreciate the diversions."
The 30-year-old is probably going to begin in midfielder against his old club, who go into the Champions League tie with a seven-point lead in La Liga, while they have lost only once in all rivalries since August.
Fabregas yields that Chelsea are not top choices to advance to the quarter-finals and furthermore uncovered how the players got some answers concerning their energizing draw.
"We were preparing. I think it was [Thibaut] Courtois who discovered through the kitman or the goalkeeping mentor, he began yelling that we got Barca," he included. "At that point, we just got occupied with the preparation once more, that is the means by which we discovered. It is an energizing tie.
"They are extraordinary compared to other groups on the planet yet we are the last champions of the Premier League, we merit regard.
"We should give it a go. To attempt and play two great amusements against them. It has occurred before. In football, never say never.
"Anything can happen and we need to take our risks. We need to make them and take them. That will be imperative for us."
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