Former Arsenal captain tipped to become future Chelsea manager by his ex-teammate
Cesc Fabregas was a key player for Chelsea and Arsenal in his prime (Picture: Getty) Cesc Fabregas has been tipped to become a future Chelsea manager by his former teammate Loic Remy. The 37-year-old hung up his playing boots two years ago and immediately embarked on his coaching career. Having benefited from playing under three of the greatest managers of the last 25 years in Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho, Fabregas has made a superb start to life in the dugout with Como. The World Cup winner masterminded Como’s promotion to Serie A last year and the club are in with a fighting chance of maintaining their top flight status this season. And Remy, who played alongside Fabregas during Chelsea’s 2014/15 title winning campaign under Mourinho, believes he is destined for the top job at Stamford Bridge. ‘Cesc Fabregas can be a future manager at Chelsea, you could see that might be what he did because of how clever he was as a player,’ Remy told Plejmo.com. ‘Even in training, he would play passes that you weren’t expecting because he was so clever with the ball, he had exactly the right tempo with the ball at his feet. Cesc Fabregas and Loic Remy were teammates at Chelsea (Picture: Getty) ‘When you play alongside a player like that everything becomes easier, he is at Como now and they are having a tough run of form but I think he will turn it around. ‘He has a vision of football and that will be the same as a coach, it would be a great story for him to return to Chelsea and why not. ‘That could be his path in the future if he keeps progressing, he is so passionate and I can see a future Chelsea manager in there for sure.’ Cesc Fabregas is the current head coach of Como (Picture: Getty) Enzo Maresca, meanwhile, the current incumbent of the Chelsea hotseat, says the current club is ‘not the same’ as the one which regularly challenged for the Premier League title during the last 20 years. The 45-year-old faces a fight to keep alive his side’s ailing top-four pursuit after winning just two of their last eight in the league, with their brief dalliance with the title race before Christmas long extinguished. The Blues were two points behind leaders Liverpool on December 22 but have collected only nine points from eight games since, bearing out Maresca’s insistence that his young side are ill-equipped to become champions for the first time since 2017. After being eliminated from the FA Cup in a meek 2-1 defeat against Brighton on Saturday, the head coach suggested it would leave a path clear to concentrate on the league and Conference League, with some fans fearing the attitude betrayed a lack of ambition from a club that has lifted the FA Cup six times since 2000. They won the league and cup double in 2010 under Carlo Ancelotti before lifting the cup and the Champions League in the same season in 2012 under Roberto Di Matteo. If the Community Shield is counted, Chelsea have won multiple trophies in eight seasons going back to 1998. They have been Premier League champions five times. Chelsea’s form under Enzo Maresca has started to tail off (Picture: Getty) ‘They (the fans) are 100 per cent fair and correct,’ said Maresca. ‘I grew up watching Chelsea winning games and competitions, but this Chelsea is not the same as that one. ‘We are not ready to compete in four competitions in one season in this moment. ‘We were completely unhappy after the (Brighton) game because we like to win, but if there is something positive it is that we can focus on the two competitions that we have now. ‘But I completely understand the fans. It’s normal they think in that way. When you have seen your club through the years competing and winning titles, it’s normal that you react in that way. ‘I don’t think this Chelsea can be compared to that Chelsea. Our goal, our duty, is to bring this club to compete in four competitions, but in this moment we are not ready.’
Cesc Fabregas has been tipped to become a future Chelsea manager by his former teammate Loic Remy.
The 37-year-old hung up his playing boots two years ago and immediately embarked on his coaching career.
Having benefited from playing under three of the greatest managers of the last 25 years in Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho, Fabregas has made a superb start to life in the dugout with Como.
The World Cup winner masterminded Como’s promotion to Serie A last year and the club are in with a fighting chance of maintaining their top flight status this season.
And Remy, who played alongside Fabregas during Chelsea’s 2014/15 title winning campaign under Mourinho, believes he is destined for the top job at Stamford Bridge.
‘Cesc Fabregas can be a future manager at Chelsea, you could see that might be what he did because of how clever he was as a player,’ Remy told Plejmo.com.
‘Even in training, he would play passes that you weren’t expecting because he was so clever with the ball, he had exactly the right tempo with the ball at his feet.
‘When you play alongside a player like that everything becomes easier, he is at Como now and they are having a tough run of form but I think he will turn it around.
‘He has a vision of football and that will be the same as a coach, it would be a great story for him to return to Chelsea and why not.
‘That could be his path in the future if he keeps progressing, he is so passionate and I can see a future Chelsea manager in there for sure.’
Enzo Maresca, meanwhile, the current incumbent of the Chelsea hotseat, says the current club is ‘not the same’ as the one which regularly challenged for the Premier League title during the last 20 years.
The 45-year-old faces a fight to keep alive his side’s ailing top-four pursuit after winning just two of their last eight in the league, with their brief dalliance with the title race before Christmas long extinguished.
The Blues were two points behind leaders Liverpool on December 22 but have collected only nine points from eight games since, bearing out Maresca’s insistence that his young side are ill-equipped to become champions for the first time since 2017.
After being eliminated from the FA Cup in a meek 2-1 defeat against Brighton on Saturday, the head coach suggested it would leave a path clear to concentrate on the league and Conference League, with some fans fearing the attitude betrayed a lack of ambition from a club that has lifted the FA Cup six times since 2000.
They won the league and cup double in 2010 under Carlo Ancelotti before lifting the cup and the Champions League in the same season in 2012 under Roberto Di Matteo.
If the Community Shield is counted, Chelsea have won multiple trophies in eight seasons going back to 1998. They have been Premier League champions five times.
‘They (the fans) are 100 per cent fair and correct,’ said Maresca. ‘I grew up watching Chelsea winning games and competitions, but this Chelsea is not the same as that one.
‘We are not ready to compete in four competitions in one season in this moment.
‘We were completely unhappy after the (Brighton) game because we like to win, but if there is something positive it is that we can focus on the two competitions that we have now.
‘But I completely understand the fans. It’s normal they think in that way. When you have seen your club through the years competing and winning titles, it’s normal that you react in that way.
‘I don’t think this Chelsea can be compared to that Chelsea. Our goal, our duty, is to bring this club to compete in four competitions, but in this moment we are not ready.’
