Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas is full of praise for former Arsenal teammate Mathieu Flamini.
Fabregas - who has featured alongside Barcelona icons Xavi and Andres Iniesta for both club and country - spent four seasons with Flamini at Emirates Stadium before the Frenchman moved to AC Milan in 2008.
"I had two years playing next to Flamini and he covered me," Fabregas told the Football Daily.
"He covers so much ground.
"If I say Iniesta or Xavi – yeah it's fantastic for the eyes but in real football it's not real for me.
"But if I had to choose one it would have to be between Gilberto Silva and Flamini."