{"id":97783,"date":"2023-08-30T13:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossfitcaliforniacity.com\/?p=97783"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:34:32","slug":"cesc-fabregas-is-aiming-to-reach-the-very-top-as-a-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossfitcaliforniacity.com\/soccer\/cesc-fabregas-is-aiming-to-reach-the-very-top-as-a-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Cesc Fabregas is aiming to reach the very top as a manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>EXCLUSIVE: Cesc Fabregas did it all as a player&#8230; now the former Arsenal star is using chats with Mikel Arteta and notebook nuggets from Pep Guardiola to fuel his rise to the very top as a manager<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cesc Fabregas has started his coaching career in Italy with Como Primavera\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 36-year-old has played under some of the best managers the game has seen\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off, Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cesc Fabregas scaled the very top of football\u2019s summit as a player. He now finds himself at the foot of that mountain once more, preparing to tackle it as a coach.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old has swapped his boots for tactics boards; 60,000-seater stadiums have been traded for cramped academy grounds, effortless two-hour training sessions replaced with the demands of a twenty-four-seven job. Still, he wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>Fabregas greets Mail Sport at the Konami Youth Development Centre in the northern ward of Affori in Milan \u2013 home to Inter\u2019s youth academy.<\/p>\n<p>It is the site of an early test in his nascent career on the touchline, bringing his Como Primavera side, an Under-19 team in Italy\u2019s second tier of youth football, to take on the most promising talent from one of Europe\u2019s biggest clubs in a pre-season friendly on a balmy August afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a far-cry from the arenas he\u2019s become accustomed too, but it\u2019s a change he is relishing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/09\/74864253-12460361-image-a-1_1693382830461.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cesc Fabregas has started his career as a head coach, taking charge of Como Primavera<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s obviously different to what I was used to as a player but I think it\u2019s becoming really natural for me,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m getting to know the players, they\u2019re getting to know me, my way of playing, my identity, my ideas. I couldn\u2019t be happier for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The biggest difference is that before you were told what to do, and now I have to be the one organising everything, setting up and analysing. It\u2019s a twenty-four-seven job. It\u2019s non-stop \u2013 a lot of times on the phone, on video calls, in meetings.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks in, the long hours show no sign of extinguishing his enthusiasm, nor his passion. Prowling the touchline, the former Chelsea and Barcelona midfielder cuts an animated figure, invoking images of his former tutors Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>He is vocal and hands-on with his players, pulling his left back to one side to relay instructions, and booms his commands to the far touchline throughout the 90 minutes. It\u2019s all captured by a film crew who are currently following Fabregas, documenting his first footings in the world of management. He appears to be revelling in his new role \u2013 and his players are too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For me the most important thing is that they are buying into my idea,\u2019 he says. \u2018That I can convince them that what we are trying to do is the right way to do it. Working with the young players is a real pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s also an interesting challenge for me and a new thing because at their age I was already in the Arsenal first team. And I never really went through this process from 16 to 18 that they used to say was a really important process. I was straight away brought up into a first-team set up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s good for me to see also, and work with players who are going through this process that I never did.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/09\/74864155-12460361-image-a-3_1693382866488.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/09\/74864159-12460361-image-m-5_1693382873397.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Fabregas reached the pinnacle as a player, lifting the World Cup (right) and several other major honours (with Premier League trophy, left)<\/p>\n<p>What Fabregas was exposed to during his career was a wealth of knowledge handed down from some of the game\u2019s most notable tacticians.<\/p>\n<p>He would collect these nuggets in a notebook, what today he describes as his \u2018trophy\u2019, cultivated from years of harvesting hints and tips from the very best.<\/p>\n<p>He has had messages of support from his former mentors and team-mates ahead of this latest step \u2013 including from Gunners duo Mikel Arteta and Edu. The pair are driving change at the Emirates, and Fabregas is a keen observer, given the parallels with his current club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/09\/74864219-12460361-image-a-10_1693382946471.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Fabregas insists that he has his fire back after switching the pitch for the dugout<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had chats with Mikel, also with Edu,\u2019 he says. \u2019That\u2019s always a positive thing to have because what they are trying to build with young players, a new era into the club, it\u2019s what we are kind of trying to do also in Como.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are probably the youngest team in the league so it\u2019s also interesting to hear their advice on what they are trying to build and what we are trying to build. There is always room for improvement and for learning.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That thirst for knowledge is clear with Fabregas. Last season he threw himself into studying towards his UEFA coaching A license while also juggling the dying embers of his playing career with Como in Serie B.<\/p>\n<p>It was a much-needed distraction as his desire to play dwindled.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Obviously the love for the game never goes away but I was feeling that I didn\u2019t have the same fire that I used to have before,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The training sessions, I wasn\u2019t really enjoying them anymore and I always said the day that I wake up and I don\u2019t feel the same way, the same passion going into the session, that you don\u2019t enjoy the football, it was time to go and to try something else.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I\u2019m blessed and I\u2019m happy that I found my passion very quickly.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fabregas\u2019s standing in the game naturally brings with it a heightened sense of expectation and the action on the pitch only serves to fuel it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/09\/74864575-12460361-image-m-12_1693383062534.jpg\" height=\"537\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is calling on the wisdom of his former bosses, including Pep Guardiola<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/09\/74864595-12460361-image-a-13_1693383070841.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fabregas has spoken to Mikel Arteta and Arsenal sporting director Edu since moving into management<\/p>\n<p>A standout performance has seen Como Primavera blow away their top-flight opposition with a comfortable 4-1 win. It\u2019s a display that has matched the passion and flair shown by the World Cup winner in his technical area.<\/p>\n<p>Among his newly-assembled backroom staff \u2013 which includes former Wigan coach Ashvir Singh Johal &#8211; there is already consensus that this is a man destined for big things. Fabregas acknowledges as much himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I want to go to the very top. That\u2019s obviously my goal,\u2019 he says. \u2018Every time I do something I do it with a lot of heart, great mentality and this will never change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I lost a bit of that fire inside of me in the last days of my career. Now, when I\u2019m on the bench, I feel things that I remember when I was young. Everything is back. All my fire, everything that goes around the coaching side is bringing me feelings that I had lost in the last one or two years, and that makes me the happiest.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The ascent has begun.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12460361\/Cesc-Fabregas-Arsenal-Mikel-Arteta-Pep-Guardiola-manager.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Cesc Fabregas did it all as a player&#8230; 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