“I feel ready, I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time.” Cesc Fabregas, before returning from Sardinia with the team, spoke about his anticipation for this Serie A championship, which represents his official debut as a coach. An experience that he faces with great confidence. “I had the opportunity to work with the team for seven months, I have very clear ideas, I believe a lot in my players – he said -. Now we have to build a team to be able to compete at the highest level, because football in Italy is growing and expectations are very high.”
There will be a lot of work to do between now and the start of the season. “The goal is to make sure the team is prepared. It is very important to know what and why we have to do in each phase of the game. I have to make them understand that the mentality must also change: in Serie B you lose a ball and it might end up on the post, in Serie A you concede goals. The level is higher, we have to work hard and have great personality.”
Fabregas then referred to his role models, «I identify with Wenger and Guardiola», but in particular «Xabi Alonso is a reference for me. He is doing an incredible job at Bayer Leverkusen, losing just one match in the whole season, even if it was the Europa League final, is something really difficult.”
