Cesc Fabregas: ‘Some people had time to plan their coaching career. Me, I didn’t. I retired. All of a sudden I’m a coach’

Cesc Fabregas still has a little black book of his former managers, in which he recorded the secrets to their success during his 20 years as a midfielder. Now, as head coach at Como, Fabregas is attracting a growing list of high-profile admirers of his own.