Cesc Fabregas: Ex-Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea midfielder joins Serie B club Como as player and part-owner

Cesc Fabregas has joined Como on a free transfer where he will also be a part-owner, the Serie B club have announced. The 35-year-old has signed a two-year deal with the Lombardy club and is also a shareholder. Ad/> The club's chief executive, former Chelsea and England midfielder Dennis Wise, said: «He owns part of the club, he's a shareholder,» TransfersChelsea line up De Jong and Slonina as Werner offered to Real — Paper Round17 HOURS AGO «That's what Cesc wants to get involved in.

He'll be here a lot longer than expected really. It was important, he felt that way, to be part of it going forward long-term. He could see what we're trying to achieve at this football club.

»There's a lot more to be done at the football club regarding where we want to end up, in Serie A. He sees it as a good opportunity and I'm pleased he's on board." Fabregas says he is not looking to simply wind down his playing career at Como and that he has been struck by «football people with a serious vision who know what they are doing». «I invest in the club properly and this is the biggest way for me to show how ambitious we are as a club,» the former Spain international said.

«What I would love to do in the future as a player now and I want to be a coach in the future, something that is inside of me, it's something I'd love to experience. »But also as a club to just keep growing for the years to come and see where we can get. Definitely the club is in good hands.