Football Season Guide

Como Indonesian owners are ambitious and they proved it last season when, returning to the Serie A after more than 2 decades, they immediately asked coach Fabregas and his boys for a qualification to the European competitions. While they offered a bright and entertaining football right from the go, results needed time to arrive. In fact, Como won only 2 of the initial 15 games and for a very brief moment they even found themselves in the bottom 3. With the passing of time, though, things started improving, especially after an injection of fresh blood during the winter transfer campaign. By mid-February, when they unexpectedly defeated Napoli, the tide had been turned completely. And thanks to an unstoppable 6-game winning march, they eventually reached the top 10. Despite offers coming from bigger clubs, Fabregas decided to stay on and the management invested a massive amount of cash on a bunch of new talents to strengthen an already bright squad. In goal, they lost Reina, now retired, and Audero, loaned out to Cremonese, and they are therefore in need of a back-up for Butez, who distinguished himself since arriving late last season. At the back, little has changed but, with Dossena recovering from a long-lasting injury, they found a replacement in Ramon, from Castilla, who is thus set to become a protagonist in the heart of the defence. In the midfield, Fabregas is spoilt for choice, especially since experienced Sergi Roberto should now be fully fit after showing his skills only momentarily. While Braunoder was loaned out, Perrone was signed permanently. The attack was the area that changed the most with wingers Strefezza, Fadera and Ikone all gone. Como thus invested in two 19-year-old players, Jesus Rodriguez and Addai, who made their names at Real Betis and AZ Alkmaar respectively, while slightly more experienced Kuhn arrived from Celtic. They will all be given relevant playing time in the season. With strikers Cutrone and Douvikas not very prolific, Como strengthened themselves with reliable Morata, coming from a season in Turkey.