Chelsea have reportedly reached an agreement with Leicester City to make Enzo Maresca their new manager. The Italian is expected to receive a stellar five-year contract and the Foxes are in line to get compensation.
Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino have been in charge of Chelsea since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over in 2022, and all three have suffered the same fate.
Despite the high turnover, movement expert Fabrizio Romano says Les Bleus must give Maresca an exceptional five-year contract. And as if that were not enough, they also chose to come with a clause in the agreement that would allow them to extend the agreement for about 12 more months.
Maresca has just one full season of experience in a senior team, which led Leicester to the league in 2023/24, but he may not be left looking to keep them in the Premier League as the deal is already “done”. “, and his contract with the Blues is expected to last until at least 2029.
Leicester is believed to pay around £10 million. And Boehly will be forced to pay millions more, due to the length of Maresca’s new contract, if the appointment does not go through. However, Chelsea are said to have inserted a number of breakout clauses to avoid the occasional tempting payment.
Pochettino oversaw five straight wins to end the Premier League campaign, leaving Chelsea sixth in the table. But postseason talks saw the Argentine leave by mutual agreement as his vision didn’t fit with that of the boardroom.
Maresca will take control of a beloved team that includes some of the world’s most productive young skills. Before taking the reins at Leicester, his only experience of greater control was a brief stint at Parma in Serie B.
The 44-year-old, who played for West Bromwich Albion and Sevilla in his professional career, was also part of Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff at Manchester City.
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Leicester midfielder Harry Winks has worked with Pochettino and Jose Mourinho but says Maresca is head and shoulders above all his previous coaches. “By far the most productive coach I’ve ever worked for, he’s amazing,” Winks told Sky Sports.
“I think everyone will say that he goes straight to the top, that he has everything. He’s a wonderful coach, he’s tactically incredible, some of the decisions he tells us to make before the game and the way he watches the games, this is something I’ve never experienced in football before. “
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