Enzo Maresca faces the prospect of having to get rid of local stars as Chelsea take a look at their squad this summer.
Maresca, 44, has agreed to a five-year deal to take charge of Stamford Bridge after leading Leicester City to the league title. The Italian Maresca arrives at Chelsea with the hope of occupying the position of head coach of the teams within their football squad. led through sports co-administrators Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart.
Chelsea are keen to reorganise the squad this summer but will be under pressure to remain within the Premier League’s strict profit and sustainability regulations. This raises a quick question about the future of midfielder Conor Gallagher, who remains one of the favourites at Stamford Bridge.
But Tottenham are longtime admirers of the 24-year-old, who has just one year left on his contract. Chelsea would like to keep him, but promoting home players maximises their monetary strength under PSR and if they hesitate to sign, they can simply be sacrificed.
Aston Villa have their own PSR issues, but they have been linked to Gallagher, who will be part of England’s squad for the Euro this summer. Reece James has even been a potential target, but this would be unlikely even if he raised more money.
Chelsea want to bolster the squad this summer with a number 9 and a central midfielder on their wish list, but in order to achieve important goals, they will want to get rid of him. Nicolas Jackson has done well overall during the season. , however, they may want an established striker to increase their chances of finishing in the top four.
They are also keen to defend while solving the goalkeeper challenge if they manage to reshuffle their group this summer. This really means that, despite the huge expenses of co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali and the messages that they will be less busy in the moving market, the summer can prove to be very busy for Maresca.
However, part of the appeal of Maresca, who worked in Manchester City’s academy and is seen as sharing the same philosophy as Pep Guardiola, lies in his ability to work with young players. Chelsea have a young squad full of future in Cole Palmer, while his vision of how he needs to play and his determination to exploit the existing squad, as well as solving the puzzle of getting Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo to play in combination, were key.
Maresca, who played for West Brom for two years and in an intense playing career that also took him to Juventus, Sevilla and Sampdoria and represented Italy at the under-21 level, has only been coaching for 18 months. He was at Parma before joining City, and spent a year at Leicester, where leading them to promotion and an instant return to the Premier League was a pivotal achievement.
But he was still highly unlikely to resist the prospect of securing a top-tier task at Chelsea in the Premier League, despite his history of hiring and firing managers, with Mauricio Pochettino being the newest in a long line of managers who failed to do so. have time.
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