Cesc Fàbregas (36) hung up his boots at the end of last year after a final experience with the Italian club Como (Serie B). Now a coach in the reserve team of the same club, the Catalan is taking his first steps as a coach. Asked about Xavi’s succession on the Barça bench on the airwaves of Catalunya RadioCesc Fàbregas has not closed the door to his former club: “At the end of the day, it’s something you can’t know. I think I must first grow, make some marks… That’s why I’m happy where I am, because I don’t have too much pressure. (…) Everything goes through periods, football changes, dynamics change and little by little you have to try to discover your true level as a coach because at the end of the day, we can judge you, we can tell you that you are very good, that you like the way your team plays, or not, but in the end it is the work that you do day in and day out. »
Another name has emerged in recent weeks, that of Thiago Motta (41), who was also trained in Barcelona. For the coach of Como’s second team, the Italian has qualities, but is skeptical about his possibility of coaching Barça: “He does things very well, his players have a lot of mobility, the central defender goes up, the left winger can finish on the right… I like him. But I don’t know if it’s a Barça profile. He could adapt, but I don’t see Barça playing that way. »
