Tag: Maresca

Enzo Maresca: As clubs target Raheem Sterling, Chelsea boss warns of ‘problems’ if unwanted players stay
23 August 2024 Off

Enzo Maresca: As clubs target Raheem Sterling, Chelsea boss warns of ‘problems’ if unwanted players stay

By Total Football News

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

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Leicester City: What next after promotion, Enzo Maresca exit and PSR charge
3 June 2024 Off

Leicester City: What next after promotion, Enzo Maresca exit and PSR charge

By Total Football News

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

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Enzo Maresca to Chelsea: Inside the Italian’s move from Leicester City
3 June 2024 Off

Enzo Maresca to Chelsea: Inside the Italian’s move from Leicester City

By Total Football News

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

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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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Chelsea manager: Kieran McKenna, Enzo Maresca & Thomas Frank on shortlist
23 May 2024 Off

Chelsea manager: Kieran McKenna, Enzo Maresca & Thomas Frank on shortlist

By Total Football News

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

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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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Enzo Maresca: Leicester City boss worried for health of players ahead of Plymouth trip
11 April 2024 0

Enzo Maresca: Leicester City boss worried for health of players ahead of Plymouth trip

By Total Football News
Leicester boss Enzo Maresca among his Foxes players
Championship leaders Leicester are looking to make an immediate return to the Premier League

Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca says he is worried about the health of his players as they face their second lengthy away trip in four days.

The Championship leading Foxes are at Plymouth Argyle on Friday, having arrived home after Tuesday’s defeat by Millwall at 3:00 BST on Wednesday.

Leicester’s 250-mile trip to Plymouth is their

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