Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has admitted he changed his mind about Cesc Fabregas and praised the midfielder for forcing his way into his plans.
Fabregas had limited playing time early last season after Conte took over at Stamford Bridge.
The Spain international fought his way back into the team, as the Blues won the Premier League title. This season, he has already made 12 starts, after making only 13 in 2016/2017.
“Cesc at the start of last season didn’t play a lot, but I was very happy because through the work he tried to change my mind and it happened,” Conte said ahead of his side’s Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid.
“If you remember the second part of last season he started to play with regularity and first part of last season I played almost every game with [N’Golo] Kante and [Nemanja] Matic.
“But in the second part of the season Cesc played a lot of games, and he was very important for us to win the title.
“This season he has continued to work very hard, showed me great commitment and behaviour and the coach has to make the best decision.”
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