Overview
- Cesc Fàbregas received the Enzo Bearzot national coaching award in Rome on Monday, becoming the first foreign winner at a ceremony run by US Acli with the Italian federation.
- He said it is very unlikely he will leave Como at this time, describing the club as a family and the project as his priority.
- Asked about coaching Italy, he said maybe one day but added the job now would bore him because he needs to be on the field with players every day.
- He pushed back on complaints about a lack of Italians by noting the squad had ten last season, naming Edoardo Goldaniga, and he linked the scrutiny to Italy missing the World Cup while stressing plans to build an academy to develop homegrown talent.
- Como is in its second Serie A season and chasing Champions League qualification, a rise Fàbregas chose to keep leading after he explored other clubs’ methods last summer and then decided to stay.