Enzo Maresca is top candidate for Manchester City job if Pep Guardiola leaves

Enzo Maresca has emerged because the main candidate to take over Manchester Metropolis if Pep Guardiola leaves the membership this summer time. 

Maresca has been out of labor since he stepped down as Chelsea supervisor following a whole breakdown in relations with the membership’s hierarchy. 

In keeping with The Guardian, there have been constructive talks over the Italian changing Guardiola this summer time. 

The present Metropolis boss has a 12 months left on his contract however there’s a rising feeling inside soccer that he’ll go away on the finish of the season. 

The Premier League giants are placing contingency plans in place for all times after the Spaniard. 

They’ve recognized Maresca as a super possibility. He already is aware of the membership effectively, having labored as Guardiola’s assistant after they lifted the Champions League trophy in 2023. 

He carried out a powerful job after being appointed as Leicester Metropolis supervisor in the summertime of that 12 months. 

His Leicester aspect gained the Championship title with an unbelievable 97 factors to win promotion to the Premier League. 

Maresca left to take over Chelsea, the place he secured Champions League qualification with a fourth-place league end. 

The Blues additionally gained the Europa Convention League and the Membership World Cup underneath the 46-year-old final season. 

Chelsea have been enduring a poor run of kind when he left his position at Stamford Bridge. 

However sacking Maresca was an unpopular choice, and Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali admitted in a current interview it had a unfavorable impression on their season.