Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has revealed how he had concerns the club didn't rate him when he first signed.

"The Spanish scout told me after Arsenal signed me that they had come to see me 44 times," he told a Q & A members forum.

"I thought '44 times? They aren't very sure about me!'

"But when I came here to talk with the boss, he was the one that really came to talk to me.

"He cut his holiday short to come and see me as a 16-year-old. For me, that was a big honour."