• Carling Cup final

Cesc vowing to win fitness race

ESPN staff
February 24, 2011
Cesc Fabregas is facing a fitness battle © PA Photos
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Cesc Fabregas has stressed he will do everything in his power to be fit for Arsenal's Carling Cup final clash with Birmingham.

Arsenal have gone five years without silverware and Fabregas' hopes of leading the side out at Wembley are in doubt after he limped out of the Premier League win over Stoke on Wednesday with a hamstring injury.

The Spain international's hamstring strain will be assessed by the club's medical staff on Thursday and Fabregas will leave no stone unturned to prove his fitness.

"I dont know if I'll make Sunday or not, but all I know is that from this moment to Sunday I won't sleep if it's necessary," Fabregas wrote on his Twitter profile. "I've waited too long to captain a final for Arsenal and I won't give up till the last second."

Arsenal will definitely be without Theo Walcott who was stretchered off against Stoke with an ankle sprain and is facing up to the prospect of a spell on the sidelines.

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