Enzo Maresca reportedly turned down the opportunity to leave Leicester City this summer, weeks before becoming the choice for the Chelsea position. The Foxes manager’s future has been the subject of much speculation in recent days. It appears that Maresca’s success with City during his first full year of managing in England has aroused the interest of elite clubs around Europe. Of course, City will want to keep the Italian in order to instill the necessary stability to reintegrate into the top flight and maintain their spot there for the foreseeable future. As a result, the most recent claim about Maresca comes as a significant boost on Thursday.
“Enzo Maresca received an approach from Sevilla in recent weeks, but he declined to proceed in talks,” says reporter Fabrizio Romano on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Maresca wants to focus on the Premier League, he wants to work in PL football and stay in England.” Granted, the 44-year-old may fulfill his top-flight goal at either the King Power Stadium or Stamford Bridge. As soon as Mauricio Pochettino left the Chelsea position earlier this week, the City manager’s name surfaced, and he is now the 2/1 favourite to take over in West London.
Any method would eventually force both the manager and the Foxes’ executives to make a crucial decision. In his essay, Romano also claims that his current deal includes a £7-8 million release clause.
Enzo Maresca considered frontrunner for Chelsea manager job Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive as Foxes’ title-winning manager is projected to take over at Stamford Bridge. Enzo Maresca is the 2/1 favourite to succeed Mauricio Pochettino as Chelsea’s manager. The man who only a few weeks ago led Leicester City to the Championship title is narrowly ahead of ex-Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi (11/4) and Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna (3/1).
Other contenders named to succeed Pochettino, who left the club by mutual consent on Tuesday after finishing sixth in the league, include Thomas Frank (Brentford – 7/1), Rubin Amorim (Sporting CP – 12/1) and Michel Sanchez (Girona – 14/1). Maresca, who worked as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City before taking over at the King Power Stadium nearly a year ago, has polished his credentials following a thrilling season with the Foxes, who threatened to break a slew of second-tier records before a drop in form saw them finish with a game to spare.
But the Italian has made plain his goal, even though he has also spoken of sticking at Leicester for several seasons, so a move to Chelsea would undoubtedly be appealing, despite his lack of Premier League managerial experience, which would make such an appointment extremely surprising.
