Cesc Fabregas believes that he is playing the "best" football of his career due to the role that he has been given at Chelsea.

The Spaniard, whose summer switch to Chelsea was met with controversy following his eight-year spell at Arsenal, has been an integral part of the Blues' early scintillating form.

Fabregas, who joined Diego Costa and Filipe Luis in Jose Mourinho's summer spending, has helped guide the Blues to a 19-match unbeaten run in all competitions.

"Right now I am playing some of the best football of my career," The Express quotes Fabregas as saying. "One hundred per cent this is my best position. I feel more in control of the game, I touch the ball all the time, I feel happy.

"I feel free, I feel confident, I feel in control and that's what I like the most in football. Sometimes in the last three, four years in the national team and Barcelona, I was playing like a number nine.

"I have to do it for the team and it's all good, but here, where I am playing today, it's where I enjoy my football the most I am playing next to great players and they are playing very well and helping me. We have a very young, talented team."

Fabregas set up four of Chelsea's five goals in their convincing victory over Schalke 04 in the Champions League on Tuesday night.