Enzo Maresca is soon to be announced as Man City manager \u2013 and the tale of how he left Chelsea is a juicy one.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s now common knowledge that Enzo Maresca, who left Chelsea in January, will be taking over from Pep Guardiola this summer at Manchester City.<\/p>\n The Athletic have done a long read about how the legendary coach\u2019s successor was found, and there\u2019s lots of juicy Chelsea info in there about how Maresca forced his way out of the club.<\/p>\n \u201cCity reached out to Maresca at the end of last year, and due to the terms of the Italian\u2019s contract at Chelsea, he informed his employers about the talk,\u201d Sam Lee writes.<\/p>\n \u201cThings appeared to go downhill quickly and soon afterwards they parted ways.\u201d<\/p>\n So Maresca had to inform Chelsea of talks with other clubs \u2013 but that doesn\u2019t mean they had to like it.<\/p>\n The Blues are \u201cstill furious\u201d about how things played out. People at the club \u201cnoticed a change\u201d in Maresca after he won the Club World Cup and felt he had more leverage. The City contacts gave him even more confidence, and Chelsea couldn\u2019t tolerate it.<\/p>\n It feels like we could get some juicy City \u2013 Chelsea games in the years to come\u2026<\/p>\n Chelsea fans would despair \u2013 but it does seem like Josh Acheampong could be sold this summer.<\/p>\n Reece James feels he was written off by someone people \u2013 but he\u2019s going to the World Cup to prove them all wrong.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nMaresca leaves Chelsea after rapid breakdown of relations<\/h2>\n
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