
Cesc Fàbregas knew exactly what he was doing when he was asked about the prospect of signing Lionel Messi for Como 1907. “Never say never,” he grinned.
Messi was spotted in Como over the weekend, sparking a splurge of speculative transfer tittle-tattle linking the 38-year-old with a move to Serie A. Inter Miami’s skipper already has one former Barcelona teammate for a manager and the prospect of swapping Javier Mascherano for another Camp Nou alumni was brought to Fàbregas’s attention this week.