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The Independent
6 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
Cesc Fabregas says he believes in ‘long-term' Como project amid links to Inter
Cesc Fabregas appeared to commit his future to Como amidst reports linking him with Inter Milan, stating he believes in the 'long-term project' at last season's Serie A newcomers. The former Arsenal and Spain midfielder guided the team to an impressive 10th-place finish in their first top-flight campaign for 21 years helped by a club-record six-match winning run between April and May. A first season in senior management for the 38-year-old ended with his reputation as a head coach significantly raised, reportedly catching the eye of Inter who are without a manager after Simone Inzaghi departed this week in the aftermath of Saturday's 5-0 Champions League final loss to Paris St Germain. 'I really believe in the Como project,' Fabregas said at the SXSW event taking place in London, as reported by La Gazzetta della Sport. 'I started with this club because I was thinking about a long-term project. I don't want to finish my career at a club where there's a project for one or two years and then everything ends.' Fabregas, who is a minority shareholder of the club, joined Como as a player in 2022 and played out the final year of his career with the club in Serie B. After retiring the following summer, he joined the coaching staff, briefly taking charge of the first team as caretaker after boss Moreno Longo was sacked. Welsh coach Osian Roberts took charge for the remainder of the promotion-winning season while Fabregas completed his UEFA coaching qualifications, with the World Cup and Champions League-winner taking over last summer. 'I really believe in Como's long-term project,' he said. 'I arrived here as a player and I'm very, very happy because I get to work in the way that I want. We have the same goals and the same ambition. 'The President allows me to work the way I want, the way I see things. Fortunately, we share the same vision and have the same goal, which is to go as far as possible. 'We've become a really good team together, in a small town, in a small club but with big, very big ambitions for the future.' Inter meanwhile have signed Croatia international Petar Sucic from Dinamo Zagreb. The midfielder, who has seven international caps, played last season on loan at Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar.
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Wales U20s make four changes for Italy trip
Wales Under-20s have made four changes for Friday's game against Italy with head coach Richard Whiffin insisting that the heavy opening defeat against France is behind side lost 63-19 to France in the opening round of the 2025 Under-20s Six Nations and face Italy in Treviso on Friday Sharks centre Osian Roberts is set to make his Under-20 debut in place of Elijah Evans while Cardiff Rugby wing Tom Bowen, a second half replacement against France, will make his first start and replaces Harry Bears prop Louie Trevett starts in place of Ioan Emanuel and lock Nick Thomas is replaced by Ospreys' Dan Gemine."The scoreline didn't really reflect how the game was," Whiffin said of the loss against France."We felt we were in the game the whole time, so we've pushed on that and looked at the positives but obviously there are areas where we need to improve. "We've gone through the game in large detail and there were lots of positives to come out of it. I thought our pack fronted up incredibly well."Up to 50 minutes we were right in the game but a couple of contentious decisions probably didn't go our way. Yes, the wheels came off when trying to chase the game a little bit."But I actually thought there was some really good elements from our team we can hang our hat on."Wales face an Italian side which beat Scotland 22-10 in their opening game, but Whiffin added: "We're confident in every single game we go into."We've got a good plan that we are going after. "Italy are a big physical team but there's opportunities for us to move them around and be smart with our kicking game and try and preserve some space for our outside backs to get on top of them. Wales Under-20s: Scott Delnevo (Aberavon), Aidan Boshoff (Bristol Bears), Osian Roberts (Sale Sharks), Steffan Emanuel (Cardiff Rugby), Tom Bowen (Cardiff Rugby), Harri Wilde (Cardiff Rugby), Logan Franklin (Dragons RFC);Louie Trevett (Bristol Bears), Harry Thomas (Scarlets), Sam Scott (Bristol Bers), Kenzie Jenkins (Bristol Bears), Dan Gemine (Ospreys), Deian Gwynne (Gloucester), Harry Beddall (Leicester Tigers – Captain), Evan Minto (Dragons RFC)Replacements: Saul Hurley (Aberavon), Ioan Emanuel (Bath Rugby), Jac Pritchard (Scarlets), Tom Cottle (RGC), Ryan Jones (Dragons RFC), Sion Davies (Cardiff Rugby), Harri Ford (Dragons), Elijah Evans (Cardiff Rugby)
