Chelsea have announced that Enzo Maresca has joined from Leicester as the successor to Mauricio Pochettino
Chelsea have confirmed the appointment of Enzo Maresca on a five‑year contract, the new manager having accepted the challenge of returning the club to the Champions League as a bare minimum. The 44‑year‑old Italianownership of Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly, after Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Frank Lampard and Pochettino. The list does not include Bruno Saltor, who took interim charge for one game in April 2023 after Potter’s departure.
Maresca, who officially starts on 1 July, has bought into his role in the club’s structure. Whereas Pochettino sought greater power, including over recruitment, Maresca is happy to concentrate on coaching and seeking to fulfil the owners’ ambitions, which they outlined in the programme for the final game of the season,Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for 'The Guardian'.
Maresca counts Pep Guardiola among his influences, having worked under him at Manchester City, initially as the club’s elite development squad manager in 2020-21 when he won the Premier League 2 title by 14 points. After a short-lived stint as the manager of Parma the following season – he won four and lost four of 13 Serie B matches – he returned to City in the summer of 2022 as Guardiola’s assistant and helped them to treble-winning glory.
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