Throwing Pizza at Fergie & Being Knocked Out By Puyol | Cesc Fàbregas Interview
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- What was it that set Arsène Wenger apart from other managers? Was Cesc really aiming for Fergie with that pepperoni pizza in the tunnel at Old Trafford? How did he end up spending hours in a police station after a night out at the 2006 World Cup in Germany?
Gary is joined by the brilliant Cesc Fàbregas to discuss the early days of his career with Barcelona & Arsenal and why he now wishes he’d waited longer to leave the Gunners.
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This pod gets the best guests. All generations, all greats and all show a side of them you dont see anywhere else.
Lineker is such a good interviewer. It really helps that he speaks Spanish too. Really enjoyed the episode
He should since he played for Barcelona but bale can’t speak it so maybe not 😂
It doesn't help at all, as the interview was conducted in English
@@Thai.Farangit does, it means he can ask a question in a more understandable way or can help the person express themselves
Fk, I am really old. I watched Cesc very first senior game at Arsenal and now Im watching him do a podcast as a manager.
With you there Remmber it well
@@luckygibbo1 life goes fast ain't it?
Don’t “***k your old” More like you made it this far and you were there and still here👏🏾 i remember Cesc 1st match too😂😂😂
Same my guy 😢😂
Bruh I remember when Michael Owen was a teenager 😢
Cesc was my hero as a kid growing up as an Arsenal fan. Seeing his rise through the team to eventually being the captain at such a young age. Broke my heart when he left
Legendary Cesc one of the greatest midfielders of the EPL
Congratulations to Gary for such a great interview with Cesc - obviously knows him well and therefore asks the right questions, then sits back and listens to his response. Two great Footballers who both respect each other. I could listen to these two talk all day. Wishing Cesc the best with his coaching career.
Fabregas is genuinely a really underrated player. I think he’s really unlucky being born in the same era as Iniesta and Xavi otherwise I think he’d have played long term for Barca and have been a bigger part of that dominant Spain team.
FACTS
Loved him at Chels, proper magician
@@user-zm9xf7mo4pSad he didn't come back to arsenal, he was still class at chelsk
What a stupid comment - that Spain team wouldn’t have been as dominant WITHOUT Xavi and Iniesta and Cesc wouldn’t have won two Euros and a World Cup.
Agreed but he wasn't that far behind quality wise
I loved watching him in his playing days and I love listening to him in his talking days.
Lineker was and is a class act!
Gary Lineker is a very good interviewer. Asks good questions and lets the guest talk.
Grateful to have experienced a young Fabregas' emergence into the Arsenal squad.
One of the best young midfielders I've ever witnessed in terms of his ability and maturity on the ball.
Literally never gave the ball away and always found space when it seemed it wasn't there. Amazing passing ability and vision.
One of my favourite footballers ever and one of the best in Premier League history. Incredible on the ball. I remember the solo goal Vs Spurs and the assist Vs Burnley which are two of the best goals and assist I've seen. People forget Spain won the Euros with him in a false 9 position as well.
Maestro of Assists
One of my all time favourites, an all time legend of a midfielder who made me fall in love with football. The 2010 world cup was when I started watching first and that Spanish team with Iniesta, Villa, Cesc was just unbelievable! Thanks Gary for the amazing piece!
Cesc Fabregas made me fall in love with football and Arsenal Football Club. Legend!
For me it was the man before Cesc, the man that helped change boring arsenal to a top club, Dennis Bergkamp.
We've got Cesc Fabregas! Magical times
Great interview! What a player Cesc was and thank you for everything you did at Arsenal 👏
Really hope Cesc goes on to have a great career as a coach, sees football in the right way and always played like it too, great to hear him speak so well and how clearly his love for the game shines through
Him and wayne rooney dominated the prem as teenagers. No one has touched those levels since.
Rooney was much better
Greenwood
@ciancorcoran6033 agree when u think back covid held greenwood back and then he done something stupid
Hopefully gets back to the top
Didn't Owen win 2 golden boots as a teenager?
Michael owen...... guess you was born in 2002
What a player man. Legend. Great pundit too 👍🏻🇮🇪
2-0 🏴😉
@@Salacious-Crumb Still the same amount of euros 😉
@@KelzMon lol we got one more world cup though 😘
Fantastic pod - footballers interviewing other footballers (they open up so much more) love it ❤
Great interview. Thanks Gary and Cesc 👍
This is the benchmark. Right here.
2 experienced blokes giving us great information and a proper insight into the game.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for inclusion and whatnot. But this kind of interview is what we really crave. Just talking football with no agenda.
Reminds me a bit of when football focus was genuinely a great programme.
Really great work 👏
What do you mean by inclusion?
@@thrilla72 by inclusion I mean the ladies game. The disabled game. All the games that truly should be represented.
It's just sometimes all you want is pure football.
Which is inclusive of everybody.
You may try and stir the pot.
😁✌🏽
@@tomleigh7478 No, I agree. What brings us into the game is the men's division, usually
@@thrilla72 I'm glad to hear you appreciate the men's 'division'.
Usually.
Really not arsed about getting involved in a debate in all fairness.
I appreciate proper football. That's about it
Absolutely dunks on the overlap. Every time.
I have been following Como since he joined. What a great story and I feel the future of the club is bright
Loved this one! Been following Cesc’s journey at Como since he joined as a player, buzzing to see how they cope in Serie A this season.
Visca Barca
Cesc was a wonderful footballer, oozed class
Thank you so much for this episode🙏. Fabregas was my favourite player when I started watching football, and was the main reason why I became an Arsenal Fan. An intelligent player and very insightful guest! Hope he becomes a great manager...
Fabregas is the most underrated midfielder of his generation, it's crazy people don't rate him as highly as the very best his generation obviously Xavi & Iniesta was a level above but no other midfielder of that era was better than Fabregas.
Well said 💯
what a legend - great ep!
Such a top interview. Cesc is a class act. One of the best to do it!
Cesc is such a wonderful guest, was a fantastic player, and looks like a very humble human, great interview Gary, it was so much fun to listen to all these stories.
Amazing human being and remarkable player. I remember him from his first days in Arsenal. Massive talent 👏
What a player, what a guy…
I’ll be keeping an eye on Como this season good luck Cesc Fabregas!
Brilliant chat.
Cesc had the intelligence to realise that coaching is a new career and you need to earn your place at the highest level all over again.
This is something top English players need to realise if they want to transition to coaching once their playing days are over.
When starting a new career, no level is beneath you!
Pep started with Barca B and then got the first team job 12 months later
@@thrilla72 But, in a way, Pep had been learning to coach since he was at La Masia. Note what Fabregas said when Lineker talked about how England doesn't produce defensive midfielders, number 6. Fabregas said Spain produces them because they teach them to think and play that way when they're very young. Even as a player, under Cruyff, Pep was learning to coach.
It would have been a great story for Gerrard to become a good coach, but Gerrard hadn't learned to think like a coach at the Liverpool academy. From what I've read, and some of the old games and highlights I've seen, 80s football in England still had a lot of Route 1 football.
Look at Alonso's and Arteta's progression. Alonso was a B team manager for three years and then got a shot at a first division job. Arteta was an assistant at City. Both of them come from the same youth team. Alonso, Arteta, and Gerrard are all about the same age, one or two years difference. Everyone knew Xavi would eventually coach and football lovers would have loved for him to become a great coach too, as we all wished it for Gerrard. I still think Xavi will have a great coaching career, despite the difficulties at Barca (but he did win the league).
Or consider Klopp. The guy was a second division player, then player-manager, and he spent years learning at lower levels before blooming as a coach/manager at Dortmund.
A lot of people assumed Gerrard and Lampard would be able to handle big jobs just because they'd been great players.
John Barnes said something interesting in an interview after the Euros last summer, I think it was on TalkSport. He said in England people don't appreciate the number 6 role. Busquets and Rodri are highly valued, highly appreciated. So was Alonso. English football culture does appreciate a great midfielder, but the culture seems to emphasize the attacking midfielder, not the defending or holding midfielder. The interviewers asked who could play that role for England and Barnes immediately said Rice. But whoever coaches England has to know how to use him that way.
One of my favourite midfielders. What a player, and was class at such a young age. Legend 🔥
Cesc is still adored by Chelsea fans as one of the club's most beloved players to have worn the iconic blue jersey. His time at the club, especially his partnership with Diego Costa, left an indelible mark and the team has not been the same since their departure. I💙
That was a special connection
When I see Cesc I can see the come back win against new castle. No one thought about that going 4 goals down and scoring 5 goals in the second half and winning the game. Assist master 🙌🏻
Assisted iniestas winning goal in the world cup final, also an integral part of spains european champions teams in 2008, an 2012. Certified baller
Excellent episode, Cesc seems like a genuinely good guy. Hope the team does well.
I love him despite his signing for chelsea he's still a legend of my club he was our captain ❤
one of the best footballers I have watched play the game. The good players always make it look like they have time on the ball, the skill is being able to create that space and then do something with the ball when you make it....Cesc was fantastic at this.
Cesc is so real and humble guy , i was so happy that he was part of barca dream team success
this is by far the best football podcast. needs to continue.
Great podcast, Fabregas was obviously a class player but also an extremely likeable and humble bloke. Not that often you see someone being both
Wow. Such an intelligent gentleman (and an incredible footballer - obvs). I so wish I could speak Spanish as well as he speaks English. Guessing he speaks Italian too..
🤦🏻♂️
He took the plunge and moved to England. Might be the best way
Arsenal fan here, first time seeing Cesc Fabregas opening up.
Why are you talking about arses opening up?
@@FootkerSnookball arses? what's that 🧐
Sheesh, gary is a phenomenal interviewer
I can never fully forgive Cesc for the classless manner in which he left Arsenal, but I understand he was a young man at the time and I think whether or not he admits it, he also knows it could have been handled better. I also understand his reasons for wanting to leave.
Regardless, he has a great footballing brain, and it's always interesting to hear him speak. I think he'll be a great coach, but I do think he tarnished his reputation a bit by leaving such a sour taste in Arsenal fans' mouths. Whereas Arteta is still loved by every club he played for and has conducted himself with nothing but respect.
As an Arsenal fan, I don’t remember it being classless. We were on a downward trajectory. He just won the World Cup, his teammates publicly begged him to come home to Barcelona. They forced the shirt on him. If I was in his shoes, I would’ve done the same. I understood that when he left, his return to Spain was a forgone conclusion, not that I wanted to see him leave. Sometimes the grass isn’t always greener and he since expressed regret. He could’ve returned but we said no. I don’t think he was disloyal at all.
@@TomHemmingway he forced a move to a club that had behaved appallingly surrounding his transfer, and left the team at a crucial and transitional time, after the team had been built around him and given him everything he had in football. He went to watch Formula One instead of going to training.
@@BigDome1He gave us his all for 8 years and we only managed one FA cup. After Henry leaving and the money problems, we were never keeping hold of any world class players. You can choose to be bitter about the F1 but he put the graft in and levitated our team. A return to Barcelona was always on the cards. Even if he stayed, we wouldn’t have won jack with the signings coming in. He slapped Sir Alex in the face with a slice a pizza, surely that gains some respect?
@@TomHemmingway nah, he handled it badly, full stop.
@@TomHemmingwayExactly adding in the fact that he is FROM Barcelona and grew up with that team. Being upset is mind boggling!!!
1000+ years after he left and i still cry for no reason 🥲
Cesc was a great player. I've never seen midfielder with his maturity and awareness at such a young age. At 16/17 he was unbelievable. I also felt for the sake of his career when he left Arsenal that he was almost given no choice because the direction the club was going in. Personally I would of left if I were him, it become a shit show at Arsenal. I'll always remember him fondly as an Arsenal player.
One of the genius football player Cesc Fabregas.
An all time elite assister
The former North London boy now a Gunners legend fabregas ❤❤❤
Amazing... love the open chats and so much info about all aspects of Football life :)
Unbelievable midfielder
Manchester United supporter here, Fabregas is absolute class, was really hoping he signed for us after Barcelona.
He wasn't responsible for Como's promotion last season but despite a difficult start, seems to be on the right track. Just one point in 3 games but haven't been hammered in any, losing 3-0 to Juve and 1-0 to Udinese, and they haven't had a single home game yet. So there is potential for them to stay up. So, good luck to him. United fan, but he was a class player.
Thank you Gary and Cesc!
Cesc, absolute pleasure to watch him control a pitch.
I got the back end of henry’s career. Beginning of the Emirates era. Fabregas was the captain I remember week in week out. I miss him dearly.
one of the best interviews this year, if not the best
When people say “here for the project” I don’t really believe in many “projects” but Como definitely has the potential and certainly are going in the right direction
For a couple of years this guy was absolutely unbelievable
The insight how the Spanish teach their young players is fascinating. It’s mostly a mental and fluid game that gets ingrained in the young players.
Gary is so excited about the pizza hitting sir Alex😂😂😂
Aww Man, FabrePASS. Loved him, even as a rival Liverpool Fan.
Gary, i feel in love for your tribute to marodona the legend.. and i am more in love with you for interviewing my favorite player ever again and again.. Gary have a great health to you and your family and loves ones.
I love Cesc I was so happy when he joined Chelsea what a class player 👏
What a nice guy
100% clear he is one of the good ones. Genuine, honest and humble. One of a few players I miss watching.
Timestamps needed
I remember seeing him in the charity sheild, pre season, and i was like who's this kid? Blew me away.
I love the fact he remembers noreen his landlady ❤
Brilliant interview and Cesc sounds like a nice fella.
This man loves Arsenal, it’s just unfortunate that we couldn’t provide him the platform to win the majors. Disgusts me how some fans group him with the likes of RVP, Nasri etc
One of the most underrated players ever KDB not close to this guy
How can you not like both men? Respect indeed
Pizzagate is something else TRIF channel admin.... 🤣
I know i was thinking excatly the same thing 🤔. Well gary is part of bbc so who knows 😄 🤣 😂
Gary, Let’s have Drogba on this show. please.. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Always used to dream of signing for Liverpool and playing next to Alonso with Gerrard just ahead of them am convinced that trophies would of followed
Just holding onto Mascerano and Alonso would've brought trophies 🏆
He wouldn't have fit there at all. Replacing Maschereno with him makes them worse.
Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Excellent interview very insightful!!!!🏆
Lovely stuff, great interview, with a great man too. ❤
Fabregas is magic 💙🦁
What a lovely Human being he is now and he was before as a footballer!
Cesc was an absolute baller.
Osian Roberts, the Welsh coach the was the real guy behind Como getting to Serie A. Cesc just stepped in when they got promoted and is taking the plaudits
Fantastic interview 👏🏻
For longer podcasts, putting in timestamps would help a lot. Would watch vertain portions but dont have time for the whole.
This was a great interview etc etc
What an interview Gary, didn’t want it to end. Much love all the way from Saudi Arabia ❤
This is so amazing 👏 😍 more of this 🙏
elite podcast, van persie next please
Great interview..very great 💯
Great interview. Gary n cesc..
These spainsh boys know it all... pep.. n now the likes arteta.. alonso.. making a splash on football..
Cesc gonna be a great coach like he was a player even though he went to chelski...
From an arsenal fans point of view 😂 like myself I'm English but have to admit the last 20 years been a pleasure watching spain winning playing proper football always
I enjoyed him at Chelsea. He and Diego Costa created havok on opposition teams.
The Battle of the Buffet a.k.a. Pizza-Gate, between Arsenal and Manchester United, 24 Oct. 2004. Amid the brawl, a slice of pizza was thrown at Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas, then 17 years old, was reported to be the culprit, which he admitted in 2017.
So freaking good
Great interview 👍
Always a very intelligent man, Fabregas. He knew that he wasn’t as good as Iniesta, Alonso, Xavi, Busquets or Silva, but he managed to be in the party with Arsenal, Barcelona and Spain
Lol only iniesta and Xavi were better than him. Can’t really compare Busquets, completely different players. He was better than Xabi and Silva imo
@@mrbeatwave7021 no, Alonso and Silva were better than Fabregas. As a holding midfielder Alonso was as good as Busquets or Rodrigo, and Silva was a very good attacking midfielder, only Iniesta was clearly better than him
@@carlossimancas9867 Fabregas over Alonso any day of the week.
@@user-av94566 then I’m glad that Aragonés and Del Bosque thought like me between 2008 and 2012
Great videos! Your content is always top notch - informative, interesting and high quality. Keep it up!🐆⌨️🦈
Always thought it was Ashley Cole who threw the pizza!
One of the best arsenal players