I always felt he had everything in his locker – Cesc Fabregas names Steven Gerrard as his toughest opponent

Former Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas has named Steven Gerrard as his toughest opponent despite playing against the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The former England International Gerrard was well known for his accurate long passes and delivered consistently for the Three Lions as well as Liverpool.

Gerrard made 504 appearances in the Premier League, scoring 120 goals and providing 92 assists. Thus, Gerrard savored great success in his glorious career.

On the other hand, Fabregas played for Chelsea, Barcelona and Arsenal in his career and thus played against Gerrard on multiple occasions.

Cesc Fabregas said on SPORTbible, “I always felt he had everything in his locker. He could dictate play, he could score goals, do assists, make runs in behind. Offensively he was very strong.”

“You always felt that when you were coming up against him you had to be at the top of your game otherwise you would be in trouble because he was very consistent. He was always an eight, seven, eight, seven [out of 10]. For me he was a role model and someone, looking back, I really appreciate playing against. I learned a lot from him,” Fabregas added.

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract with Al-Nassr will expire at the end of the ongoing season. Saudi football expert Ben Jacobs reckons the Portuguese will play another season in the SPL.

He told talkSPORT, “I think he’ll do another season. I think Ronaldo still feels that he’s the one capitalizing on this. So there’s a personal aspect that feeds into maybe his ego that he started all of this. By the same token, he’s frustrated. Al Nassr are second, they’re out of the Saudi Super Cup, and he got sent off late in a game against Al Hilal.”

“And every time he does anything wrong, opposition fans are chanting the name ‘Leo Messi’. And that juxtaposition of Messi winning the World cup, Ronaldo being in Saudi Arabia, I think is really irking him. I expect him to do one more season, but quite clearly there’s aspects out there now that are irritating Ronaldo. Particularly, and oddly at this stage of his career, when people are chanting the name Lionel Messi at him,” he added.