{"id":756,"date":"2026-04-25T14:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=756"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:55:22","slug":"club-president-tells-top-managerial-target-he-is-free-to-go-to-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Club President Tells Top Managerial Target He Is &#8220;Free To Go To Chelsea&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Como president Mirwan Suwarso has said he won\u2019t stand in Cesc Fabregas\u2019s way if he wants to take the Chelsea job.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Blues midfielder is <strong>among the frontrunners<\/strong> to take the position following Liam Rosenior\u2019s departure, and asked whether he would allow Fabregas to make the move to Stamford Bridge, Suwarso replied:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that makes him happy, that\u2019s him. You want your employees to stay with you for as long as possible, but at the end of the day, we don\u2019t own him and he\u2019s free to go to Chelsea if he wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fabregas has been Como\u2019s head coach for the last two seasons. He guided them to a 10th place in their first campaign after being promoted to the Italian top flight. They are currently sitting in 5th.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Fabregas interested in leaving Como?<\/h2>\n<p>While returning to Stamford Bridge would surely be a big draw for the Spaniard, he has put down some roots in Italy.<\/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>As well as being head coach, Fabregas is a minor shareholder in Como, so he has a greater interest than most in ensuring their continued success.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old will also be wary about taking the position at Chelsea, considering the difficulties that previous coaches have faced. He will likely want certain assurances about the level of involvement he will have in decision-making for recruitment and other matters.<\/p>\n<h2>Who are the bookies\u2019 favourites for the Chelsea job?<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076478862\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola currently has the shortest odds, but there are question marks over whether he will stay in England when he leaves the Cherries this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Fabregas and another former Chelsea player, Felipe Luis, are next among the runners and riders, with Fulham head coach Marco Silva and Coventry manager Frank Lampard also among the potential contenders.<\/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 president Mirwan Suwarso has said he won\u2019t stand in Cesc Fabregas\u2019s way if he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}