Arsenal ace Cesc Fabregas has paid tribute to Arsene Wenger for keeping faith with the young players at Highbury.
The Gunners came in for criticism earlier this season after struggling to make an impact in The Premiership.
Cesc has shown maturity beyond his years in helping Arsenal reach the semi-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League and he believes Wenger deserves all the credit for giving the young players the chance to shine.
"All of the young players are really grateful to the boss because he is giving us all an opportunity that perhaps we did not expect," said Cesc.
"With a big club like Arsenal and a big manager it is always difficult to bring in young players for such big games.
"But he has done it. We owe him a debt of gratitude and we have to thank him for what he has given us.
"He has been brave. It is not easy when you want to win things and you start bringing in players like myself, Mathieu Flamini, Philipe Senderos, Robin van Persie and everyone else, especially at the same time.
"He's done it and shown he has confidence in us. All we have to do now is make it work and pay him back.
"The boss took a lot of criticism, but now everybody knows why he did it. He has proved a lot of people wrong.
"We had so many people criticising us and him for his decisions, and yet we are having great things said about us now."
The Gunners came in for criticism earlier this season after struggling to make an impact in The Premiership.
Cesc has shown maturity beyond his years in helping Arsenal reach the semi-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League and he believes Wenger deserves all the credit for giving the young players the chance to shine.
"All of the young players are really grateful to the boss because he is giving us all an opportunity that perhaps we did not expect," said Cesc.
"With a big club like Arsenal and a big manager it is always difficult to bring in young players for such big games.
"But he has done it. We owe him a debt of gratitude and we have to thank him for what he has given us.
"He has been brave. It is not easy when you want to win things and you start bringing in players like myself, Mathieu Flamini, Philipe Senderos, Robin van Persie and everyone else, especially at the same time.
"He's done it and shown he has confidence in us. All we have to do now is make it work and pay him back.
"The boss took a lot of criticism, but now everybody knows why he did it. He has proved a lot of people wrong.
"We had so many people criticising us and him for his decisions, and yet we are having great things said about us now."
