{"id":640204,"date":"2024-05-25T12:53:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T16:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640204"},"modified":"2024-05-25T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T16:55:08","slug":"chelsea-manager-search-enzo-maresca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/25\/chelsea-manager-search-enzo-maresca\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Concrete Possibility\u2019 Chelsea Enter Talks With League Winning Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enzo Maresca has emerged as a serious candidate to take charge at Chelsea ahead of the next season. The Blues have intensified their search to find a new manager to replace Mauricio Pochettino.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea Eyeing Move for League-Winning Manager<\/span><\/h2>\n

Premier League Promotion<\/span><\/h3>\n

Maresca worked as an assistant manager for three years before getting his first job as a head coach in May 2021. However, his spell at Parma lasted only six months as he returned to Manchester City to work as Pep Guardiola\u2019s assistant.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Chelsea Shortlist To Replace Mauricio Pochettino Revealed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Last summer, Maresca accepted Leicester City\u2019s offer to make another attempt at securing a manager job. Under his stewardship, the Foxes won the Championship title, returning to the Premier League a year after their surprise relegation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester\u2019s impressive run has directed attention toward their promising head coach, who could land a high-profile job as soon as this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Latest Update From Fabrizio Romano on Chelsea Manager Search<\/span><\/h3>\n

Maresca\u2019s name has\u00a0<\/span>been mentioned<\/span>\u00a0as one of Chelsea\u2019s five primary targets to replace Mauricio Pochettino. A new report from\u00a0<\/span>Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a>\u00a0claims the Leicester boss is \u201cvery interested\u201d in taking charge at Stamford Bridge ahead of the next season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Brighton Confident of Beating Blues to Sign New Manager<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Romano believes hiring Maresca is a concrete possibility for Chelsea, while another report from\u00a0<\/span>Evening Standard<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has claimed the Blues are already in talks with the 44-year-old manager. However, the Blues\u00a0<\/span>are expected<\/span>\u00a0to take their time and assess their options for the vacant managerial job amid competition from other elite sides.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Targets<\/span><\/h3>\n

Rumours about\u00a0<\/span>Roberto De Zerbi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Ruben Amorim<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0have cooled down in recent weeks, despite earlier reports\u00a0<\/span>claiming<\/span><\/a>\u00a0the pair were the\u00a0<\/span>main<\/span>\u00a0candidates to take the reins at Chelsea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0<\/span>Kieran McKenna<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Thomas Frank<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Michel<\/span><\/strong>, and\u00a0<\/span>Sebastian Hoeness<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0have emerged as the club\u2019s preferred options alongside Maresca.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Chelsea might have to compete against Manchester United and Brighton to land their new manager, as all three sides appear to\u00a0<\/span>be targeting<\/span>\u00a0the same group of coaches. The Red Devils are\u00a0<\/span>linked<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with a move for Frank, while Brighton appear\u00a0<\/span>confident<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in their pursuit of McKenna.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enzo Maresca has emerged as a serious candidate to take charge at Chelsea ahead of the next season. The Blues have intensified their search to find a new manager to replace Mauricio Pochettino. Chelsea Eyeing Move for League-Winning Manager Premier League Promotion Maresca worked as an assistant manager for three years before getting his first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":633684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15,30,3,7188],"tags":[46,9937,258],"class_list":["post-640204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-leicester-city","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-chelsea","tag-enzo-maresca","tag-mauricio-pochettino"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}