Fabregas has led by example in midfield and admitted Arsenal's collapse last season was sparked by the infamous finale at St Andrews, when Gallas lashed out at an advertising hoarding and was at the other end of the pitch when James McFadden equalised with a penalty.
He told FourFourTwo magazine: "Maybe that (St Andrews) is where all our problems started. We had a month-and-a-half after that game where our heads were not right. William is a great captain, I really respect him, and the longer he is giving us the benefit of his experience, the better."
Fabregas has put himself in the frame to be a future Arsenal skipper at the very least, even if he told to concentrate on playing rather than captaining for the time being.
"I've shown I can take that responsibility and if I was made captain I would give even more - I don't know where I'd get that little extra from but I'd try to find it," he said.
"But I'm only 21. Right now I just want to win something for Arsenal."
