Wilshere got Fabregas to show Arsenal U18s passion before Tottenham triumph
Jack Wilshere enlisted the help of Arsenal legend Cesc Fabregas to get his U18 squad fired up ahead of the North London Derby on Saturday.
The young Gunners thrashed Tottenham 4-1, with 16-year-old striker Omari Benjamin netting a hattrick to help Wilshere seal his first victory as U18s manager, having been handed the reins four days after calling time on his injury-ravaged playing career back in July.
In the dressing room before the game, Wilshere showed his players a clip of Fabregas scoring his iconic kick off goal against Tottenham in 2009 (check it out below) before playing a motivational video message the Spaniard had sent over – which clearly worked gangbusters.
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"I think it’s important that the boys know what [the North London Derby] means for the club," Wilshere said.
"Cesc was someone who taught me a lot about this game. I knew about it growing up, coming to Highbury and watching it, but I used to watch Cesc and there was one game, I showed [my players] the goal, when we scored and he scored just after kick off, and you see it in his eyes – the passion.
"He taught me that, Cesc. I wanted to show them that and get a message from him, and he was brilliant. The boys were a bit shocked but they were up for it after that."
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Fabregas spent eight years at Arsenal, the final three of which were spent as captain, making over 300 appearances for the club and blossoming into one of the world's finest midfielders.
He took Wilshere under his wing when the Englishman broke into Arsenal's first team in 2010 before leaving for boyhood club Barcelona a season later.
Fabregas returned to the Premier League in 2014 with Chelsea, and while Gunners fans weren't happy to see their former talisman in enemy colours, they were at least happy to know he could go on hating Tottenham like before.
These days, Fabregas plies his trade at Serie B side Como, having left French giants Monaco at the end of last season following a gruelling, injury-hit campaign.
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