Cesc Fabregas looks towards the sky and says that someone up there must love him very much. It is the day after his first match in 11 months and, save for a knock on his left knee that is causing some discomfort, there is child-like joy at being a footballer again.
There were moments last year, he tells Mirror Football , when he felt “miserable” as life at Monaco went pear-shaped, injuries and illness restricting him to two league appearances. At one point the 35-year-old wondered if this was the end, that he would never again feel the buzz of being in the heat of action.
But now at Como, the Serie B side he became part-owner of last month, there are two more seasons to purely enjoy competing.
