Como’s rise underneath Cesc Fabregas has been constructed on an thrilling, youthful squad largely made up of overseas expertise, however the membership are already engaged on a long-term plan to convey extra Italian gamers into the fold.
At current, Italians are notably scarce within the first-team image, as .
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Fabregas has overtly acknowledged the imbalance, explaining that whereas his choice is to develop native expertise, discovering gamers who swimsuit Como’s technical and tactical type has proved troublesome.
“In Italy, for those who play a younger participant and he doesn’t persuade right away, you are taking him out,” Fabregas mentioned lately.
ITALY – JANUARY 24: Anastasios Douvikas celebrates together with his team-mates after scoring their group’s fourth objective throughout the Serie A match between Como 1907 and Torino FC at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on January 24, 2026 in Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
“If I consider in a younger participant, he performs no less than seven or eight video games so I can correctly decide him.”
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Fabregas: ‘We try to convey Italians to Como’
careworn that he and sporting director Ludi have actively tried to recruit Italian kids, however consider most of the nation’s prime prospects are already tied to elite golf equipment.
Consequently, Como have turned their focus towards constructing from inside.
The membership’s Primavera facet is central to that imaginative and prescient.
Competing in Primavera 2, Como’s Below-19s presently sit prime of their group with 37 factors after 16 video games, scoring 36 targets and conceding simply 15.
ITALY – FEBRUARY 01: Cesc Fabregas salutes the followers on the finish of the Serie A match between Como 1907 and Atalanta BC at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on February 01, 2026 in Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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Children comparable to winger Lorenzo Bonsignori (born 2007) and attacking midfielder Matteo Papaccioli (born 2008) are seen as potential future first-team choices.
Fabregas additionally highlighted midfielder Rispoli, presently on mortgage at Catanzaro, as one to observe for subsequent season.
Whereas Como proceed to depend on overseas signings for the current, the foundations are being laid for a extra Italian core within the years forward.