How I Made Kanu Nwankwo Angry - Cesc Fabregas

Former Arsenal captain, Cesc Fabregas, has revealed how he made former Nigerian football legend, Nwankwo Kanu angry during their time at the London club.

Fabregas now with Monaco, joined the Gunners as a teenager in 2003 from Barcelona academy. 

The 33-year-old revealed that he tackled Kanu, during his first day in training at Arsenal which made the Nigerian unhappy. 

“My first training when I joined Arsenal, I was all in my head trying to impress and I made a tackle on Kanu and he was so upset with me,” he told Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry, during an Instagram Live. 

“When you’re young, sometimes you don’t think; you just want to go there and prove yourself without realising that you’re playing alongside World Cup winners. At that moment you just want to do your best and most times, the passion gets the best out of you,” he added.

Recall that Kanu left Arsenal for Portsmouth in 2004, after spending five years at the club.

While Fabregas returned to Barcelona in 2011 but made a second return to England to play for London rival Chelsea three years after.

He won the Premier League with Chelsea under Antiono Conte and he moved to Monaco in 2019.