Chelsea signs 5+1 year contract with Leicester City promotion manager Maresca
Chelsea signs 5+1 year contract with Leicester City promotion manager Maresca
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Chelsea of the English Premier League (EPL) has completed the recruitment of Enzo Maresca (44, Italy), the manager who
led Leicester City to promotion to the EPL.
Chelsea announced on their website on the 4th (Korean time), "Coach Maresca will lead the team for five years starting
July 1st. The contract extension option for one year is also included." They added, "The new coach has proven himself to be
an excellent leader who can deliver impressive results to the team with his exciting and unique style."
He continued, "Coach Maresca impressed me during the appointment process. His ambition and work ethic are aligned
with Chelsea's. I look forward to working with Coach Maresca."
Chelsea, which finished 6th in the 2023-2024 EPL season, announced on the 21st of last month that they had parted ways
with manager Mauricio Pochettino and began looking for a new manager. They chose manager Maresca, who led Leicester
City to victory in the 2023-2024 English Championship (2nd division), as their candidate and entered into negotiations.
Chelsea's new manager Maresca is a former midfielder who played for West Bromwich Albion (England), Juventus (Italy),
and Sevilla (Spain) during his playing career, and has also 스포츠토토존 represented Italy at age-level.
Coach Maresca, who chose the path of a leader in 2017, took charge of the Manchester City (England) youth team in
August 2020 and led them to victory in the '2020-2021 EPL 2', an under-23 (U-23) competition.
After moving to the position of manager of Parma in Italy's Serie B (second division) and being fired after just six months,
Maresca returned to Manchester City as a coach in June 2022 to assist manager Pep Guardiola.
In the 2022-2023 season, he helped manager Guardiola achieve the treble in the EPL.
Manager Maresca took charge of Leicester City in June last year and demonstrated his ability to lead them to promotion to
the EPL within a single season, and has now taken charge of Chelsea, becoming the first manager of an EPL club.
Manager Maresca said on Chelsea's website, "It is every manager's dream to take charge of Chelsea, one of the world's
biggest clubs," and promised, "I will develop the team with talented players into a team that the fans can be proud of."