Since his illustrious career is coming to an end, former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas decided to start something new, as long as he is still a player. In August this year, the former Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea and Monaco midfielder officially signed for a mediocre second tier club from Italy – Como, who has high ambitions, and also has a powerful CEO – former Chelsea player and Newcastle executive Dennis Wise. The experienced Spaniard decided to accept the offer from Wise and signed not only a two year deal as a player, but to also become a shareholder. But, if you see him in the dugout sooner rather than later, don’t be surprised.Fabregas: “Football has turned into a game of robots and GPS”Fabregas admitted he started taking notes from all the coaches he was playing under, and he is also on course to complete UEFA coaching badges. Having all these coaches as mentors during his long career, one might have to think twice about the man with whom he was impressed the most. But for Cesc, the answer is simple – Arsene Wenger. „In my team, I always talk. I always spoke up, gave my opinion, I’ve had discussions with players, with coaches, always in a constructive way. Giving your honest opinion. Arsene was always very open with communication, very open to dialogue – “What do you think about this?” – asking questions. He was always testing you mentally. Nowadays, the coaches are not like that. They are more: “It’s me, you do what I say and that’s it”. You have no say. It’s a way for them to protect themselves, for them not to be having to give explanations to anyone. They make their decisions. Whoever likes it likes it, if not, you’re out. This is the way it is going with the modern managers. I was brought up in another environment, with Arsene with Vicente Del Bosque. That’s how I was and that’s how I will be. Always with respect, but giving it how I think“ says Fabregas to Daily Mail. ‘There is no freedom at all with Antonio Conte’While preparing to eventually try himself out as a coach, Fabregas watched the new documentary about Arsenal, which ran at the Amazon Prime and could see Mikel Arteta’s coaching methods first hand. And the Spaniard had fun watching the show, but admitted that he wouldn’t want to be on the other side of the camera. „I think Mikel comes across very well. Nowadays modern managers are like him. Guardiola is the same, Luis Enrique is the same, Conte, Mourinho. You can be more offensive, you can be more defensive – all these successful coaches are the same. The right message is that they want to win every single game, one way or another. I enjoy watching it, I’m not sure how I would feel being a part of it! I’ve had moments in my career that I wouldn’t like to see me in the dressing room. At Arsenal, I was captain there, at Chelsea, meetings with Conte, I don’t think I’d want to watch that. Meeting with Marina Granovskaia when I told her I was leaving the club. There are a few“ admitted Fabregas. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6667983##
