{"id":662828,"date":"2026-01-01T16:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=662828"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:49:08","slug":"john-terry-reacts-enzo-maresca-chelsea-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/01\/john-terry-reacts-enzo-maresca-chelsea-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"John Terry Reacts to Enzo Maresca Leaving Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea have become known as a tough place to have long-term success as a manager. Elite managers such as Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti have been fired by the West London club. That managerial merry-go-round has continued under the Blueco ownership<\/a>, and on January 1, Enzo Maresca became the latest manager to depart Chelsea. Club legend John Terry<\/a> has reacted to the news of Maresca\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n

Enzo Maresca Departs Chelsea After Poor Recent Form<\/h2>\n

John Terry Gives Honest Reaction to Enzo Maresca’s Departure<\/h3>\n

After an impressive draw against Arsenal and a dominant win against Barcelona in the Champions League, all looked bright at Stamford Bridge. But recent form has seen the club falter badly, and following a recent outburst by Enzo Maresca after the win over Everton, speculation over his future has gone into overdrive, and this uncertainty only increased after the club’s recent draw against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

Fabrizio Romano<\/a> and other journalists are reporting that Chelsea will be swift in their appointment of a new manager, with Liam Rosenior high on the shortlist.<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/b>Enzo Maresca vs Mauricio Pochettino: Debut Season at Chelsea By The Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n

Reacting to the departure of Maresca, Terry said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe manager Enzo Maresca has just been sacked by Chelsea. And to be honest, I\u2019m completely shocked, but I didn\u2019t see it coming. I know things of late haven\u2019t been how we would have liked. You can clearly see or hear, or listen to the manager’s press conference to know there\u2019s been tensions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had so many phone calls this morning after the news. Everyone expects me to know what\u2019s happening. I haven\u2019t got a clue what\u2019s happening. I\u2019m not involved in the first team; I\u2019m in the academy side. I don\u2019t know, but just my opinion from afar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s clearly tensions, from the manager and the owners, hence why they\u2019ve come to this agreement or decision. It\u2019s a big shock,\u201d said Terry.<\/p>\n

\u201cRewind 3,4 weeks ago, we were playing so well against Barcelona. The performance against Arsenal, how good it was. Fast forward four weeks to recent form, and recent performances clearly haven\u2019t been good enough,\u201d added Terry.<\/p>\n

Still Plenty to Play for<\/h3>\n

Talking about the mentality needed from the players:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever comes in, it\u2019s happened in the past, and we\u2019ve managed to adapt and deal with it. And as players, you have to get on with it. And unfortunately, this is part of the process. So the players have to now step up, deal with it,\u201d said the former Chelsea skipper.<\/p>\n

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Terry is correct, Chelsea have been here many times before but with the current disjointed squad out of form, with a team needing reinforcements in defence and attack, who should the new manager be, and can they come in and be the man BlueCo want and need?<\/p>\n

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Chelsea have become known as a tough place to have long-term success as a manager. Elite managers such as Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti have been fired by the West London club. That managerial merry-go-round has continued under the Blueco ownership, and on January 1, Enzo Maresca became the latest manager to depart Chelsea. Club […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":651056,"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":[30,11,3],"tags":[32657,9937,546],"class_list":["post-662828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","tag-blueco","tag-enzo-maresca","tag-john-terry"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662828","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662828"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662833,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662828\/revisions\/662833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}