Barely promoted, already installed. For his comeback in Serie A, Calcio Como did not only participate: the Lombard club impressed, ending in a solid 10th place, synonymous with comfortable support. Carried by an assertive game identity under the leadership of Cesc Fàbregas, the promoted managed to make the forecasts thwart throughout the season. An ambitious winter also marked the spirits: Nico Paz, Maxence Caqueret, Anastásios Douvíkas, Jonathan Ikoné and Assane Diao joined the ranks, a sign of a sporting project already much larger than that of a simple survivor, while the arrivals of Sergi Roberto, Raphaël Varane, Pepe Reina or Andrea Belotti brought some summer questions.
But the main thing is perhaps elsewhere: behind the scenes, the very powerful owners of the club seem decided to move up a gear. To convince Fàbregas to continue the adventure on the bench, major promises have been made to him – and some signals suggest that they are not in vain. Between the persistent rumors leading to Antony (Manchester United), Alvaro Morata (AC Milan), Ez Abde (Betis) and the hot file of Martin Baturina, whose formalization testifies to a structured and ambitious project, Como seems ready to shake up the hierarchy of Italian football earlier than expected.
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According to our information, Calcio Côme nourishes a much larger ambition than that of simply settling in Serie A. Behind the scenes, the leaders work on a project with the appearance of a national mission: to make the club a refuge and a springboard for young Italian talents. While many elite clubs close (voluntarily or not) the door to the new generations, Côme wants to open it in large. The idea? Identify, attract and hatch the best hopes of the peninsula, guaranteeing them playing time at the highest level. Names already circulate insistently in internal discussions: Matteo Ruggeri, modern and regular lateral; Sebastiano Desplanches, guardian with impressive maturity; Lorenzo Pirola, a solid defender already prowled at Serie A; Or Matteo Prati, revelation in the midfield. Contacts were made with these players.
To these profiles are added two symbols of the rising generation: Simone Pafundi, instinctive dribbler with a rare profile, and Francesco Pio Esposito, full center-forward with still raw potential. All have wore the jersey of hopes at the Euro, and all of which are closely interested in building a 100 % Italian spine. The project is based on a balance: surrounding these young people with experienced foreign executives, like the tracks leading to Antony or Alvaro Morata, in order to create a hybrid, competitive, and trainer team. Under the changing sky of Lombardy, Côme wants to become a place of passage again … But for quarries that rise, not that are fading. By the lake, a crazy idea takes shape: giving Italy a football where dreams still have a place. And maybe even a future.
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