Cesc Fabregas admits Chelsea's season is 'f*****' after dreadful start to Premier League title race
Fabregas's poor form this season has coincided with Chelsea suffering seven defeats from their opening 12 matches
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has admitted that their form this season is keeping him up at night after describing the Premier League champions campaign so far as “f*****”.
The 28-year-old Spain international took a starring role in Vicente del Bosque’s side as they defeated England 2-0 in Alicante on Sunday night. Fabregas controlled the midfield, enjoying an unrivalled 119 touches on the ball. In comparison, England defender Phil Jones had the most for the Three Lions with just 49.
However, while Fabregas looked like his old self in the Spanish side, his and Chelsea’s form this season has been nothing short of woeful, and his foul-mouthed assessment of the season up until now reveals that the players are suffering from a huge dip in morale.
“When things don't go right I can't sleep at night,” Fabregas said. “Sometimes when I am at home, in bed, I wonder.
“You have your own thoughts and the manager will have his thoughts about what is going on and it is all about talking about things and putting this right all together.
“Football is my life. It is everything to me. My family keep me happy sometimes but when football does not go well, my life is not happy.
“I try to fix it and try to put it right. We are used to always being at the top.
“The season is f*****. The results have not done justice to what we do on the pitch. We are doing things better, but we've had no luck. We have to start winning now.
“We are not in the best moment at the club and we want to lift ourselves up and start playing better. We don't like to be losing.
“The manager and some other players, we have always been lucky enough to play for big teams. Always trying to get to the top and always fighting for things. In the Champions League.”
Fabregas’s assessment comes after the Blues lost seven of their first 12 Premier League matches, with hopes of defending the title they won just six months already all but over. Jose Mourinho’s side now face a challenge just to get back into the top four reckoning, otherwise a season away from Europe’s elite competition looks to be on the cards.
Despite the dreadful run, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has remained behind Mourinho and shown no signs of getting ready to sack him, even though his current record this term is worse than every other manager the Russian has dispensed with since buying the club in 2003.
I cannot support him even more than I am doing. I am always saying he deserves it, 100 per cent
Fabregas has already spoken out to refute reports that he was the player behind Chelsea’s so-called mutiny, and he once again confirmed his commitment behind Mourinho despite their fractious past in rivalries between Chelsea and Arsenal, and Real Madrid and Barcelona when the pair were in Spain together.
“I cannot support him even more than I am doing. I am always saying he deserves it, 100 per cent,” Fabregas added.
“We are not playing well but that does not mean we are not in favour of the manager or something like that. We want to win for Chelsea, that is the first thing.
“We want the club to be at the top and someone like Mourinho who is having difficult times and the players, then you have to support each other and give our best.”
Fabregas also spoke in support of his club and country colleague Diego Costa, whose struggles to find the back of the net has been well documented. The Brazil-born Spain international striker has scored just two goals in the Premier League this season and three in total, and compared to his 20 strikes last season, the 27-year-old’s lack of form is having a consequential effect on the rest of his team-mates.
“The striker is the most important player on the pitch. Sometimes, 80 per cent of the time, he is important as he scores the goals,” said Fabregas.
“At the end of the day in football, you can play well, defend well, but it is about scoring goals, about scoring one more goal.”
Chelsea resume their Premier League campaign this weekend with the visit of Norwich City to Stamford Bridge, where a victory could see the Blues move up the League table from 16th to 13th and above the Canaries.
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