{"id":70,"date":"2026-04-16T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=70"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:15:07","slug":"fabregass-stance-on-taking-the-chelsea-job-revealed-amid-claims-blues-are-keeping-a-close-eye-on-the-spaniard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"Fabregas&#8217;s Stance On Taking The Chelsea Job Revealed Amid Claims Blues Are &#8216;Keeping A Close Eye&#8217; On The Spaniard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Como boss Cesc Fabregas has \u201cno plans\u201d to leave Italy, despite interest from Chelsea and several other Premier League teams, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>TEAMtalk<\/em> claim that the Blues have been \u201ckeeping a close eye\u201d on his progress with Como, and they are \u201cimpressed\u201d by what they have seen.<\/p>\n<p>The London club are said to be monitoring several managers whose profiles would fit the team, but they have not decided to dispense with Liam Rosenior\u2019s services at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the 41-year-old retains the backing of the club\u2019s board despite 5 defeats in his last 6 matches.<\/p>\n<h2>Fabregas has 2 other Premier League clubs after him<\/h2>\n<p>It is believed that Manchester City do consider the Como head coach as a candidate to succeed Pep Guardiola in the dugout at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/chelseanews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120159\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Chelsea News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Guardiola does have just over a year left on his contract with the Cityzens, there have been credible rumours that the Catalan could leave this summer, with Director of Football Hugo Viana putting potential contingency plans in place.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are also reportedly fans of <strong>Fabregas<\/strong>. While they are currently negotiating a new deal with Mikel Arteta, they could turn to another former player if they decide to part ways with their current manager.<\/p>\n<h2>Could Chelsea win the race for Fabregas?<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1074778992\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>A lot depends on what happens at other clubs. Arsenal are more than likely to retain the services of Arteta, even if they do lose out on the Premier League title once again.<\/p>\n<p>City may pose more of a danger if Guardiola quits, but several respected journalists, including Fabrizio Romano, think former Blues head coach Enzo Maresca would be the favourite to take on the post.<\/p>\n<p>That does potentially leave the door open for Chelsea, and if the team continue to falter under Rosenior, Fabregas may yet become a legitimate contender for the job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about the Chelsea First Team Squad for 2025\/26 here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Como boss Cesc Fabregas has \u201cno plans\u201d to leave Italy, despite interest from Chelsea and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}