Gary Lineker has warned Cesc Fabregas that he would be 'mad' to take the Manchester United job, describing the role as a 'graveyard'. The warning comes after Fabregas's Como side thrashed the Red Devils 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday, piling pressure on United boss Michael Carrick.
Fabregas touted as Carrick replacement
The former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder has impressed as a rookie manager at Como and has been linked with replacing Carrick should United's hierarchy decide to make a change. However, Lineker believes Fabregas should think twice before leaving what he is building in Italy.
Speaking on the Rest is Football podcast, Lineker said: "He's going to have a big decision at some point because if he continues to have even moderate success with Como a big club will come in for him. It might be United. If he takes that job, he'd be mad! It's a graveyard really."
Shearer agrees United job unattractive
Fellow former England striker Alan Shearer echoed Lineker's sentiments, stating: "I know it's a huge football club, but it's not an attractive job at the minute, because of how many [managers] have been in there and how many have been sacked. The only thing attractive about it is he might get a great pay-off in 12 or 18 months' time."
Fabregas regrets slowing down against United
Fabregas was full of praise for Como's performance but admitted he told his players to 'slow down' when they led 4-0 to conserve energy for upcoming matches. He said: "I regret the last ten minutes because I was the one who told the team to slow down the tempo because there's another match and at 4-0 we could manage things a little."
The Spaniard added: "I told the players to stop running and stay in the middle and that is something I regret because I'm the first to always push them to fight until the end. Their goal hurt me because we dropped our intensity and dropped our defensive block, but it was my fault."
