Tag: Leicester

Enzo Maresca: Chelsea appoint Leicester City boss as new manager on five-year deal
3 June 2024 Off

Enzo Maresca: Chelsea appoint Leicester City boss as new manager on five-year deal

By Total Football News

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

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Enzo Maresca: The coaches that influenced Leicester City manager
2 June 2024 Off

Enzo Maresca: The coaches that influenced Leicester City manager

By Total Football News

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.

Watch Football Focus on iPlayer and the FA Cup quarter-final between Chelsea and Leicester City on Sunday, 17 March, from 12:20 GMT on BBC One and iPlayer.

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This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/68586016

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Championship winners Leicester – how Enzo Maresca guided Foxes to promotion
10 May 2024 0

Championship winners Leicester – how Enzo Maresca guided Foxes to promotion

By Total Football News

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

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Leicester City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: Sammie Szmodics double strike ensures survival against the champions
4 May 2024 0

Leicester City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: Sammie Szmodics double strike ensures survival against the champions

By Total Football News

Leicester City head coach Enzo Maresca told BBC Radio Leicester:

“The best feeling is to see all the fans happy. If we think about less than a year ago, some of them were very sad, kids crying.

“To see them happy, to be honest I wake up and work every day for this moment.

“It’s about the players. They have been fantastic because they’ve been open minded since day one.

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Harry Winks: Leicester City star on leaving Spurs, Jamie Vardy and promotion
4 May 2024 0

Harry Winks: Leicester City star on leaving Spurs, Jamie Vardy and promotion

By Total Football News

Midfielder Harry Winks speaks to Football Focus about his first season as a Leicester City player, and why he took the jump from Premier League to Championship football.

Watch Football Focus on Saturday 4 May at 12:00 BST on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app

READ MORE: What’s at stake on Championship’s final day?

This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cnkegljl1xwo

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The Football News Show. How will Leicester fare in the Premier League? Video, 20 minutesThe Football News ShowHow will Leicester fare in the Premier League?
3 May 2024 0

The Football News Show. How will Leicester fare in the Premier League? Video, 20 minutesThe Football News ShowHow will Leicester fare in the Premier League?

By Total Football News

The Football News Show. How will Leicester fare in the Premier League? Video, 20 minutesThe Football News ShowHow will Leicester fare in the Premier League?

This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0hsr3zh

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Mads Hermansen: Leicester keeper says overcoming adversity was ‘healthy’
2 May 2024 0

Mads Hermansen: Leicester keeper says overcoming adversity was ‘healthy’

By Total Football News

Having overcome the challenge of a close promotion fight, Leicester can now prepare for their Premier League return.

But there remains some uncertainty at the club, which recently reported losses of £89.7m for the 2022-23 season and has been charged by the Premier League for allegedly breaking profit and sustainability rules.

“We don’t know what is going to happen,” Hermansen admitted.

“Right now, we are just so happy that we

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Leicester City promotion: How ‘pure belief’ got Foxes up
28 April 2024 0

Leicester City promotion: How ‘pure belief’ got Foxes up

By Total Football News

For all that ‘Maresca-ball’ has delivered, it has not been universally liked by Foxes supporters.

In January there were shouts of criticism from the stands, as fans demanded a more forceful approach in a game against Swansea that Leicester won 3-1, which prompted the Italian to come out to defend his philosophy.

“Enzo has come in, had clear ideas on how he wants the team to play and they have

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Leicester City: Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall & Ricardo Pereira could miss West Brom game
19 April 2024 0

Leicester City: Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall & Ricardo Pereira could miss West Brom game

By Total Football News
Split image of Leicester City's Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Ricardo Pereira
Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Ricardo Pereira stayed with Leicester this season after the club’s relegation from the Premier League

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Ricardo Pereira are all doubts for Saturday’s crucial Championship match against West Brom.

Foxes leading scorer Vardy took a knock during the week and all three players will be assessed before kick-off.

Defender Pereira is also injured, while midfielder Dewsbury-Hall has struggled with

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