Cesc Fabregas is the past of Chelsea.

the Premier League club have Friday sold the Spanish midtbaneprofil to Monaco, writes Chelsea on its website.

the Spaniard has Monaco got a contract that runs until the summer of 2022.

Fabregas will be in Monaco reunited with Thierry Henry, the club’s head coach, as the spaniard played with Arsenal from 2003 to 2007.

– It is a great pleasure for me to come to AS Monaco, a new project for me. The team has a lot of quality young players and a young coach, says midfielder at Monaco’s website.

Fabregas came to Chelsea from FC Barcelona in 2014. He went on to play 198 matches for the London club, which was for 22 scores.

the Spaniard was in his time at Chelsea among others to win the Premier League twice. Under manager Maurizio Sarri, who was hired in the summer, it is, however, only been to limited playing time for Fabregas, who now takes to the principality.

The 31-year-old midfielder has also enjoyed great success on the Spanish national team, where it has been 110 matches and both EM and VM-gold.