Former Spanish international Cesc Fabregas said on Tuesday he was preparing for his first coaching stint at Como in the Italian second division with ambitions of reaching the Champions League in five seasons.
World (2010) and European (2008 and 2012) champion from Spain, the former midfielder was present at the Web Summit in Lisbon, where he spoke about his move to Como to first retire and now take over technical command .
“We dream big and are ambitious. I think we are on the right track and we have the right mentality. We must create this culture in the training center. This is what I will try to do, with my own ideas and surrounded by competent people. If we dream big we can achieve it [à Liga dos Campeões]”, suggested the former player, 36 years old.
Fabregas was in charge of Como’s youth team and was announced on Monday as coach of the Transalpine region’s senior team, sixth in Serie B, on an interim basis, with access to the “play-offs” for promotion to the elite. Italian football.
“I feel great and ready. It happened very quickly in the last few days. I have a lot of respect for the coach who has led the team for the last year and a half. This is a big challenge for me.” I’m used to the pressure and demands that the club imposes. These are very exciting times,” he emphasized on the main stage of the technology summit.
Along with the club’s Indonesian owner Mirwan Suwarso, Fàbregas says he is proud to have completed a successful football career at Como, highlighting the club’s “exciting vision” for the future based on a “good project”. .
“[Chegar à Serie A] This is one of the main goals, whatever my role. I wanted to become Como coach, I didn’t expect it to happen so soon, but it’s an opportunity. This is a long-term project, I’m not just here for a few months. I trust the club, people and my family have found happiness there,” he assured.
Fàbregas praised the Transalpine club’s structure and is looking forward to “continuing growth”, given that he is a “very confident and positive person” and that he enjoys “being surrounded by hardworking people” in the area. where the taste is recent.
“Before my imprisonment, I did not concentrate on being a coach. I had a good career, I played for big clubs, and I never had time to sit down and think about what I wanted to do next. We think we’re going to do it.” We will be footballers forever, but we are not. In fact, it will be over very quickly,” he explained, highlighting his enthusiasm for the new experience.
As a footballer, Fabregas trained with Barcelona and, in addition to the Spanish team, he was also a prominent figure in the French team Monaco and the English team Arsenal and Chelsea, where he expressed his opinion on the current affairs of the club. English top division clubs.
Chelsea is growing. They have invested money in young people and hope that the results will come, perhaps not this year, but in the next few years. In general, Chelsea invest to get immediate results, but now they are investing for the future and are more patient. Arsenal “He believed in Mikel Arteta and the results prove his commitment. This is the perfect club to see how much they believe in the man and the project they had,” he analyzed.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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