No football lover will forget the Barcelona of the early 2000s, when they won everything and Lionel Messi was at his best. Part of that great team was a footballer that we will mention below, who shone in the Catalan squad and will now be Gianluca Lapadula's rival in Serie B.
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It is a midfielder of Spanish nationality who was at Barcelona from 2011 to 2014. He won the Spanish League, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup, and Club World Cup, but unfortunately could not lift the UEFA Champions League.
Did you guess? It is Cesc Fàbregas, the well-known midfielder who, after his time at Barcelona, went to Chelsea and later to Monaco, where he was until the present 2022. The former Arsenal player ended his contract last June and will arrive as a free agent to a club in the Italian Second Division.
The club is Como, which will fight for promotion to Serie A this season, and their direct rival will be Cagliari, the team Gianluca Lapadula has just signed for. In fact, both teams will debut on the first matchday of the Italian tournament, so they will face each other very soon.
"Cesc Fàbregas returns. He will land tomorrow morning in Italy to undergo a medical examination and sign a contract until June 2024 with Como from the Italian second division," informed the well-known journalist Fabrizio Romano.
This match will take place on Saturday, August 13, starting at 13:45 Peru time. So, if you want, that day you can witness the confrontation between the Peruvian star and the historic Spanish footballer, who won the European Championship twice and achieved the 2010 World Cup.