Cesc Fabregas 'emerges as frontrunner to replace Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen' after impressing with Serie A side Como

Cesc Fabregas is the starring campaigner to go Bayer Leverkusen's caller manager, according to a report. 

The Bundesliga broadside person entered the marketplace for caller manager pursuing the exit of Xabi Alonso aft 3 years. 

Alonso past week announced helium volition depart astatine the extremity of the play and is poised to instrumentality implicit erstwhile nine Real Madrid. 

Fabregas, a erstwhile team-mate of Alonso, has created a beardown content with his enactment astatine Serie A broadside Como - and Leverkusen privation him arsenic their adjacent manager, according to Marca. 

The erstwhile Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder is believed to lucifer Leverkusen’s perfect illustration - a youthful, attack-focused manager with a beardown tendency for success. 

Leverkusen are said to beryllium waiting for Fabregas to judge their connection earlier officially moving guardant with a deal. 

The 38-year-old boosted Como to the top-flight part past summertime aft an lack of 21 years. 

Como person comfortably avoided relegation and presently beryllium 10th pursuing their 3-1 triumph implicit Cagliari connected Sunday. 

Fabregas is presently nether declaration with the Italians until 2028, meaning the nine would request necessitate compensation if Leverkusen were to poach him. 

The Spaniard would person large shoes to capable arsenic Alonso earned wide acclaim for starring Leverkusen to an unbeaten home treble past season, losing conscionable 1 crippled crossed each fronts - the Europa League final successful their last lucifer of the campaign. 

'This week, the nine and I person agreed these volition beryllium my past 2 games arsenic Leverkusen coach,' Alonso announced connected Friday.

'This is the close infinitesimal to denote it due to the fact that we person ever had this bully connection with the club.

'We person to bask this infinitesimal with mixed emotions, it is emotional! I spoke to the players and the unit it was not easy.

'We've had a large transportation and that's been the key. They believed successful maine and they've followed me.

'I privation to person a due goodbye this weekend.'

As Leverkusen manager, Alonso has taken complaint of 139 games, winning 88 of them - conscionable nether an awesome 64 per cent triumph rate. 

As good arsenic being voted the Bundesliga's manager of the play past year, the Spaniard was besides crowned 'Best Coach of the Year' by Globe Soccer successful 2024.