Having The Three (Spanish) Musketeers at Emirates would salivate all Arsenal fans

Dennis Bergkamp of Arsenal is carried aloft by teammates, following his final game during the Dennis Bergkamp testimonial match between Arsenal and Ajax at the Emirates Stadium on July 22, 2006

So who are the elite within the elite group?

Didier Drogba, Ryan Giggs, Dennis Bergkamp and Cesc Fabregas are the only players to have provided four assists twice in the Premier League!

For those intrigued from a Gunner perspective:

Genius	Opposition	Dates
Dennis Bergkamp	Leicester City	20th Feb 1999
	Everton	11th May 2005
Cesc Fabregas	Blackburn	4th Oct 2009
	Bolton	11th Sept 2010

Great players like Bergkamp and Fabregas give you great individual moments. We cannot bring the Dutchman back but a return for Fabregas is achievable right now.

I hope you are enjoying this unusual departure from transfer gossip but let’s bring it back to that and complete the trivia festival for the day.

I am sure you will have all noticed that another two names in the elite shortlist of the top multi-assisters were Santi Cazorla (Wigan last season) and our very own vice-captain Mikel Arteta, whilst at Everton. You know where I am going with this by now I am sure.

What is the Spanish equivalent of the 3 Musketeers?

If we do, as I strongly hope we might secure the return of Cesc Fabregas to the Emirates this summer, we are presented with a guaranteed pub quiz question or a piece of trivia with which to astound your mates for years to come: ‘Which side has three midfielders in the first team, all from the same country and all of whom have created four assists in a match in the Premier League?’

On a more serious note adding in Ramsey, Wilshere and perhaps a new holding midfielder like Fellaini we will, I would argue the most exciting midfield squad in the league ready for 2013/14. Hard not to get excited by the potential combinations Wenger would have at his disposal.

I have tried to write something a tad different and I hope the stats give you some useful trivia to take to the pub or match but there is a serious message in the final analysis.

Not many players had as many key contributions, by assists or goals than Santi in a first season, a subject I wrote on recently. Just imagine if Arsenal could secure the return of Fabregas, himself one of the greatest goals creators in Premier League history to play alongside him.

There are only 11 players who have created more goals in the EPL than Cesc and only 4 are still playing next season – Giggs, Lampard, Gerrard and Wayne Rooney.

Okay so that makes me think again – Just imagine Arteta, Wilshere, Cazorla, Fabregas and Rooney??

That’s for another day. I hope you enjoyed the departure from transfer gossip even if only thinly disguised?

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