The Spanish lad got his nose broken during his country’s World cup qualifier against Belgium but he refused to leave the game in spite of the acute pain.

“There is a fracture but it has not come away from the main partition in the nose," he told Spanish broadcaster EFE.

"After the game it was pretty swollen but I hope this will not prevent me from playing.

"We will have to see if it continues being OK and that I don't need an operation."

The 21-year-old is keen to feature in the Gunners’ upcoming premiership game against Everton, but a post-operation lay-off would prevent him.

Arsene Wenger’s side are in a desperate need of Fabregas’ services to amass as much points as possible to catch up with leaders Chelsea.

Fourth-placed Arsenal are 13 points behind the Blues.

The international Spanish is due to participate in his team’s training session on Friday along with his teammates as usual.

But if his injury got aggravated, he would have to be reexamined, and surgery would be inevitable.