I joined Chelsea to win trophies and Jose Mourinho made me feel important, Cesc Fabregas tells Sky Sports

Cesc Fabregas has told Sky Sports he joined Chelsea to win trophies - and revealed Jose Mourinho’s assurances convinced him to return to England.

Victory against Crystal Palace on Super Sunday would seal the Spaniard's maiden Premier League title and the Blues' first in five years with three games to spare. 

Fabregas lifted only the FA Cup and the Community Shield during eight years at Arsenal and, after returning from a Barcelona side where he failed to hold down a regular midfield role, he says he is desperate for the silverware that eluded him across London.

Speaking exclusively to Sky Sports' Martin Tyler ahead of the potentially decisive Stamford Bridge clash, Fabregas revealed Mourinho had made him feel "important".

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“Once you sign for a big club like Chelsea the main target is to win trophies and to feel important," Fabregas said.

“Hopefully we can achieve both things in my first season. I knew that when I signed here I could fight for trophies. 

“It’s not bad in my first season to win the Capital One Cup and hopefully the Premier League.

“I feel really fortunate to be part of this group.

“I just want to lift the Premier League. I have fought really hard to win it and sometimes in life you expect to win it in a play you never expected to play.

“I’m happy with the football we are playing, and we deserve the league and hopefully we can lift the Premier League after a good game against Crystal Palace.

“So many people are waiting for the league here. John Terry tells me all the time that nothing compares to winning the Premier League so I want to get this feeling."

With 17 assists to his name, Fabregas has been a pivotal figure for a side that has lost just twice in the league this season and, despite treasuring his time at Arsenal, insists he is relishing a new chapter in his career.

The Spain international revealed that a conversation with Mourinho helped make up his mind about last summer's move from the Nou Camp.

“(Mourinho) made me see that I could be very important to this team and that was key for me,” Fabregas added.

“When you move from a big team to another one you know you want to be important. You want to play football, you want to enjoy it and he made me realise that’s what I could do here.

“He said to me at Barcelona I was playing No 9, sometimes on the wing and in different positions that I’m not really that good at. He wanted me to play in midfield, midfield and midfield and that’s it.

"I’ve been changing positions and at the end of the day you don’t know if you are playing because you are good at playing in different positions or because they don’t know what to do with you.

“So coming to Chelsea and playing week in, week out in the same position helped my confidence a lot and I’m really enjoying my football.

“Once I make my decision I go for it 100 per cent; I don’t look back.

“I look back at the feelings and love I had for my clubs as I do with my friends and family because I will always have Barcelona and Arsenal in my heart.

"But Chelsea is giving me an opportunity that maybe for one or two years I have been waiting for.

“To be able to feel that important to a team, to play every single game, every single minute, when you are top of the league with a 13-point lead makes you feel really good.”

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See all the build-up to Chelsea v Crystal Palace from 12.30pm on Sky Sports 1 HD, with kick-off at 1.30pm.