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Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea after holding talks over Manchester City move

Enzo Maresca’s shock departure at Chelsea came after he informed the club that he had held talks with figures associated to Manchester City over replacing Pep Guardiola.

Chelsea have been weighed down by uncertainty ever since cracks in Maresca’s relationship with the board became apparent last month, but there is a feeling at Stamford Bridge that the Italian was looking to engineer an exit before a parting of the ways was confirmed on Thursday morning.

There was deep dissatisfaction with Maresca’s decisions during games but the bigger issue was his conduct away from the pitch. The situation has been volatile ever since he made cryptic comments about experiencing his “worst 48 hours” at the club after the win over Everton on 13 December. Mystery surrounded those remarks but there is now the added context that Maresca told his bosses – twice in late October, then in the days after the Everton game – that he had discussed succeeding Guardiola should the Spaniard depart City at the end of the season. Maresca was Guardiola’s assistant at the Etihad Stadium in the 2022-23 season.

First New Year soccer casualty, Maresca leaves Chelsea

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Chelsea are back on the coaching carousel under their American ownership after Enzo Maresca departed as manager following a reported deterioration in his relationship with the Premier League club's hierarchy.

The Italian coach was midway through his second year in charge, having won the UEFA Conference League and Club World Cup in his first season at Chelsea.

But they've endured a turbulent few months, winning just one of their last seven league matches to drop to fifth, while Maresca expressed his unhappiness at a lack of support at the club in a post-match conference in mid-December when he said he'd experienced his "worst" 48 hours at Chelsea.

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