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“I really don’t think that because we are not ready. The reason is that City has worked with the same manager for nine years and Arsenal for five years. If you want to compete for big things you need that time.
“After Arsenal beat PSG they asked Luis Enrique and he said the same thing that Arsenal have had the same manager for five years and them only a year
Noni Madueke’s hat-trick gave Chelsea their first Premier League victory of the season as they beat Wolves in a pulsating and chaotic encounter.
Chelsea took the lead after 98 seconds when Cole Palmer’s inswinging corner was inadvertently flicked on by Matheus Cunha and an unmarked Nicolas Jackson nodded in at the back post.
Jackson stoked an already feisty Molineux crowd with his celebrations – and Wolves rallied on the field.
The forward’s representatives said in a statement on Sunday that they wanted “clarity” over Sterling’s future at the club, since when Maresca has said he had already made his position clear.
BBC Sport understands Crystal Palace are interested in the 29-year-old, while there are reports he has been offered to Aston Villa.
England midfielder Conor Gallagher has left for Atletico Madrid – in an unpopular move with some sections of
Chelsea have spent about £185m on 11 signings this summer, adding to a squad that was already considered large.
Academy products Gallagher and Chalobah and striker Lukaku, who cost them £97.5m three years ago, are all training away from the first team.
Chelsea accepted a £33m bid from Atletico Madrid for Gallagher, who captained the club in 24 Premier League games last season.
However, he has been unable to complete
Leicester’s accounts showed they were on course to breach EFL rules by the end of the season, so the league told the Foxes to submit a business plan to ensure their compliance.
The club felt it was unfair, given they were in the Premier League for the majority of the time and the EFL rules did not apply, with an independent club financial reporting panel finding in their favour in
The reality is that when you receive offers from two former Champions League-winning sides – Chelsea and Porto – your profile in a competitive market becomes clear. And it is clear too why Maresca has been chosen to make improvements at a potentially top club like Chelsea.
That is probably being a bit unfair to Pochettino, because he has left the club in a considerably better, far more stable place
Maresca’s first taste of senior management arrived in 2021 but he lasted just 180 days with Italian club Parma, winning only four of his 14 games in charge.
The Italian, who previously had a stint in charge of Manchester City’s under-23 side, returned to the club to work as manager Pep Guardiola’s assistant in June 2022.
After playing a role in City’s Treble-winning campaign in 2022-23, Maresca moved to King
Enzo Maresca tells Football Focus about his footballing journey from an Italian fishing community to managing Leicester City, and the coaches that influenced him along the way.
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Chelsea have drawn up an early shortlist of managerial options, which includes Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna, Leicester City’s Enzo Maresca and Brentford’s Thomas Frank.
The Blues are in search of a replacement for Mauricio Pochettino after he left the club by mutual consent on Tuesday.
Contact has been made with McKenna, 38 – who won promotion from the Championship with Ipswich Town this season – but there is competition from
On 3 June, Maresca, as assistant to Pep Guardiola, helped Manchester City win the FA Cup against Manchester United.
The following day, he was speaking to Leicester’s owner about becoming head coach. He almost never made the meeting.
The 44-year-old agonised long and hard before attending the appointment, not because he didn’t want the job, but because he would miss the 10th birthday party of his son, Paolo.
If he