Enzo Maresca, a coach who might signal for Levante, involves Chelsea’s official

VALENCIA. Chelsea introduced this Monday the signing of Enzo Maresca as the brand new coach, changing Mauricio Pochettino, who left the membership a number of days in the past by mutual consent. Maresca arrives at Stamford Bridge after a season through which he promoted Leicester Metropolis to the Premier League. The ‘Foxes’ crew completed first within the Championship (England’s second division) a 12 months after they had been surprisingly relegated from the Premier League.

So the Italian will dwell his third expertise as a head coach, after main fourteen video games to Parma in 2021, from the place he was fired, after which at Leicester himself. However the one who was a Sevilla soccer participant He additionally coached Manchester Metropolis’s reserve crew, earlier than signing with Parma, and was Pep Guardiola’s assistant till June 2023, collaborating within the ‘Sky Blues’ treble.

It was solely then, earlier than turning into an assistant for the Mancunians, when he was capable of signal for Levante. This was revealed by the granota sports activities director, Felipe Miñambres, in Cope Valencia. The chief government of Levante mentioned that earlier than signing the Franco-Tunisian Mehdi Nafti for the bench after the relegation to the Second Division after which mysteriously sacking Alessio Lisci, he met with Maresca to return the undertaking instantly to the Levante elite. As Felipe defined, the brand new Chelsea coach informed him that Pepe Guardiola had simply contacted him after Mikel Arteta began his solo journey at Arsenal.

Maresca has signed a five-year contract with the Blues and can turn out to be the fourth coach since Roman Abramovich’s departure within the spring of 2022, following Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Pochettino. Between Potter and Pochettino there was additionally Frank Lampard, who was the interim coach till the Argentine arrived. Subsequent season, Chelsea’s new Italian coach could have the problem of main a crew that may combat to get into the Champions League after a two-year absence and compete within the Convention League.