The pastures have ceased to be green for Cesc Fàbregas at Chelsea, the way it used to be when José Mourinho was the gaffer of the club. Under Antonio Conte’s regime, Fàbregas has found it harder than he would have ever anticipated finding himself in the starting line-up. Conte is planning for the deletion of players from his squad which, as he believes, would not be useful in his venture of taking Chelsea back to the stature they have been accustomed to in the Premier League.
To ensure the move, Chelsea are believed could even subsidise Fàbregas’ £160,000-a-week wages to facilitate the loan move to the fellow London side, West Ham United. The 29-year-old has been an outcast at Chelsea this season after a dismal 2015-16 season where Chelsea loitered throughout the campaign, failing to make them count as a heavyweight. His future in the 3-4-3 system looks very unlikely and he should start assessing his options for the January transfer window, with the Hammers very much interested in roping the experienced campaigner.
Slaven Bilić’s side haven’t even had a decent start to the season, as they find themselves in the seventeenth spot in the league table, with just three wins from eleven games. Apart from the need of making a radical improvement, the Londoners will also face the test of ensuring that their main man, Dimitri Payet, isn’t lured away by a European powerhouse and that might also be a reason why the sudden urge to sign a world class midfielder in the shape of Cesc Fàbregas is of paramount importance for West Ham United in the January transfer window.
The Spanish international, who played an undeniably important role in Chelsea’s league triumph in the 2014-15 season, has been frozen and overlooked by Conte, but to say that the audacious midfielder has lost his touch would be a premature evaluation.
In Fabregas, Bilić is still going to find a talismanic player who has tons of experience in top flight and international football, knows how to find the killer pass, has the knack to surge forward and aim to score goals, is disciplined enough, caters to the defensive needs of his side and who is just a pat-of-confidence away from making himself count once again.
In merely 4 appearances in the league this season (only 1 as a starter), the former Barcelona and Arsenal midfielder has created 5 chances, bagged an assist and registered a healthy pass percentage of 82%. While assessing their options for roping a player in the coming transfer window, West Ham United are likely to have a go at Fàbregas who isn’t an obsolete asset yet which is why the deal has all the ingredients be a beneficial move for all the three parties involved.
