Former Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas has insisted he is focused on his role at Como after the club's owner admitted he would not stand in his way if he wanted to take charge of the Premier League giants.
Chelsea have begun the search for a new head coach after sacking Liam Rosenior on Wednesday.
Rosenior was dismissed after just 106 days in the role, with Chelsea's hierarchy acting after a run of five successive defeats in the Premier League without scoring.
Calum McFarlane is set to serve as interim boss until the end of the season, starting with Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final against Leeds on Sunday.
Fabregas, who has impressed in his first head coach role at Como, has been touted as a potential candidate to succeed Rosenior.
The 38-year-old played for Chelsea between 2014 and 2019, where he earned two Premier League titles, as well as lifting the FA Cup, Europa League and League Cup.
Fabregas has insisted his focus remains on Como's final five matches of the season, with his fifth placed side set to face Genoa on Saturday as they continue their bid for European qualification.
The Spanish coach added that he had not seen quotes from Como's president Mirwan Suwarso about his future.
'Nothing to say about that, it'd be stupid to think about that now, my focus is on next game against Genoa,' Fabregas said at a pre-match press conference.
'I believe I will continue my chapter as Como head coach and focus on the next games.
'I would be crazy to think of anything else rather than these next five games and getting my team into Europe for the first time in history.
'I have not seen or heard any comments that my president said other than he told me he values me very highly.'
Suwarso had earlier told City AM that Fabregas was 'free to go to Chelsea if he wishes'.
'If that makes him happy, that’s him,' he said.
'You want your employees to stay with you for as long as possible but at the end of the day we don’t own him and he’s free to go to Chelsea if he wishes.'