Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has joined Ligue 1 side Monaco on a three-and-a-half year deal.
Transfer rumors about Cesc Fabregas now come to an end. The 31-year-old midfielder officially joins Ligue 1 side AS Monaco to work with his former teammate Thierry Henry.
The Spanish midfielder has struggled to break into Maurizio Sarri's starting XI this season, and has played just six times for the Blues in the Premier League.
He captained the Blues in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest on Saturday and was in tears as he applauded fans at the final whistle.
He joined Chelsea from Barcelona in 2014, having played 303 times for Arsenal between 2003 and 2011.
Fabregas won two Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a League Cup in 501 appearances in English football.
With the Gunners, he won the FA Cup and played in the 2006 Champions League final defeat against Barcelona, before joining the Catalan giants in 2011.
Having won six trophies with Barcelona, including La Liga and the Club World Cup, he returned to England to win the Premier League twice in three seasons with Chelsea, first under Jose Mourinho and then Antonio Conte.
In what was the final season of his contract at Stamford Bridge, he had started only one Premier League match under new boss Maurizio Sarri.
Former France and Arsenal striker Henry took charge of Monaco, where he started his playing career, in October - but they have only won twice under his stewardship and are one place off the bottom of Ligue 1 on 13 points from 18 games.
Fabregas' English football highlights:
October 2003: becomes Arsenal's youngest player aged just 16 years and 177 days
December 2003: scores against Wolves in League Cup to become Arsenal's youngest goalscorer at the age of 16 years and 212 days
May 2005: FA Cup winner against Manchester United
May 2006: Champions League runner-up and named in Uefa team of the year
April 2008: wins PFA Young Player of the Year, also named in Uefa and PFA teams of the year
November 2008: named Arsenal captain
April 2010: named in PFA team of the year
March 2015: wins League Cup with Chelsea
May 2015: wins Premier League
May 2018: wins FA Cup after 1-0 victory over Manchester United