Enzo Maresca eyed up by Premier League rivals amid doubts over Chelsea future
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca is on Manchester Metropolis’s listing of doable replacements for Pep Guardiola, talkSPORT understands.
The Blues boss lately threw his future at Stamford Bridge into doubt, showing to criticise the membership’s hierarchy over an absence of assist following the 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday.
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5 days later, Maresca has emerged a candidate to grow to be the subsequent Man Metropolis supervisor, as first reported by The Athletic.
Guardiola stays contracted to the Etihad till June 2027 having signed a contract extension final season, nevertheless Metropolis are planning for the opportunity of an exit subsequent summer time.
Chelsea declined to remark when approached by talkSPORT, though membership insiders suspect Maresca’s feedback concerning the ‘worst 48 hours’ of his Blues profession could possibly be linked to this.
The Italian, who received the Convention League and the Membership World Cup whereas securing a top-four end in his first season in cost, has four-and-a-half years left on his Chelsea contract.
Metropolis would want to method their Premier League rivals and pay vital compensation to rent Maresca.
The 45-year-old is a former Metropolis coach, main their Elite Growth Squad between 2020 and 2021.
He returned to the Etihad in 2022 to grow to be Guardiola’s assistant supervisor for the treble-winning 2022/23 marketing campaign.
Metropolis are presently second within the Premier League desk, two factors behind leaders Arsenal, whereas Chelsea are fourth and eight factors off prime spot.
Starting of the top?
Maresca received the supervisor of the month award for November earlier than a winless run of 4 video games in a row turned adulation into stress.
His outburst after Chelsea returned to successful methods in opposition to Everton was unprompted and broadly thought of to be a dig on the Blues’ hierarchy.
talkSPORT’s chief soccer correspondent Alex Criminal mentioned Maresca is ‘going to struggle’ with Chelsea and hinted that ‘this may not finish properly’.
Regardless of this newest growth, the Blues boss insisted he’s completely satisfied at Stamford Bridge in his most up-to-date media look after the 3-1 Carabao Cup victory at Cardiff.
Requested if he felt backed by the membership, Maresca mentioned: “Tonight the main focus must be that we reached the semi-final, the assist from followers has all the time been there.
“We’re moving into the appropriate path, every thing I do is as a result of I would like the most effective for everybody – the followers, gamers, everybody.”
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