Fabregas Reveals His Scholes & Gerrard Admiration

Former Premier League midfielder Cesc Fabregas has revealed that he grew up a huge fan of Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard and Manchester United icon Paul Scholes.

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The Spaniard enjoyed a great career in England with Arsenal and Chelsea, winning seven trophies and playing 502 matches for the two clubs combined, and representing FC Barcelona between his two stints in the Premier League.

In a recent interview with ex-England defender Rio Ferdinand, Fabregas said he loved watching Gerrard when he was young, even though he always wanted to model his game on Scholes'.

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"I have to say that since I was little, I had this thing about Steven Gerrard," he told Ferdinand on The Locker Room YouTube series.

"Steven Gerrard was someone that, don't ask me why, in my hometown, when we used to watch the Premier League highlights on a Sunday afternoon and he used to score these screamers from outside the box, running into space and he used to be everywhere.

"With that No. 17 that he was wearing, I used to look up to him a lot, to be honest.

"But in terms of the way and that I could say I loved the way this guy played as he reminded me a little bit of myself, as it was the way I liked to see football, it was Paul Scholes.

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"You (Ferdinand) had the privilege of playing with him for years and you will tell me better. What a player he was.

"He was right, he was left. He always demanded the ball. He could play the long ball into space. He could be in short spaces."

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Fabregas, who now plays for Monaco, featured in 350 Premier League matches, scoring 50 goals and assisting a further 114 strikes along the way.