Enzo Maresca is believed to have signed a three-year deal to switch outgoing Man Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola, after it was revealed that the legendary head coach shall be leaving the Etihad on the finish of the season.
Hypothesis round Guardiola’s departure date has been rife because the season attracts to an in depth, regardless of the Catalan having one 12 months left on his contract.
Day by day Mail Sport reported completely nevertheless that Man Metropolis’s sponsors had been amongst these to have been informed that Guardiola shall be calling time on a outstanding trophy-ladened spell on Sunday.
The report additionally shared that Maresca, Guardiola’s former assistant, was a front-runner for the vacant spot within the dugout, with Fabrizio Romano confirming on Tuesday morning that the ex-Chelsea supervisor shall be taking up.
The Italian head coach has been out of labor since his mutual departure from Stamford Bridge underneath strained circumstances on January 1.
However even earlier than his acrimonious mid-season exit, Maresca has been considered as a long-term successor to Guardiola following their stint working collectively at Man Metropolis.
Enzo Maresca is believed to be set to take over from former boss Pep Guardiola at Man Metropolis
The 2 labored collectively on the Etihad for a season and have been counterparts within the dugout over the past three campaigns
The 46-year-old served as Guardiola’s assistant between 2022 and 2023 after beforehand teaching Man Metropolis’s youth sides, earlier than departing to earn Championship promotion with Leicester.
Maresca then went on to win the Uefa Convention League and the Membership World Cup with Chelsea throughout his 18-month spell in west London.
Guardiola is ready to have a good time his time in English soccer with an open-top bus parade in Manchester after profitable the Carabao Cup and FA Cup this season, however till Monday night time, the supervisor had been notably imprecise over his future plans.
Earlier than information broke of his shock exit, Guardiola had been eager to tamp down any options that he could be commemorated with any fanfare.
‘The membership do not need to do something, truthfully,’ Guardiola, who has but to formally affirm his departure, mentioned. ‘The vital factor in our lives is that whenever you look again, you possibly can look with a giant smile and say “that was good”.
‘Bernardo (Silva) and John (Stones) can really feel that. We spoke about it over the previous couple of days. Whenever you’re previous, a grandfather, you possibly can take a look at the reminiscences. That’s a very powerful factor in life.’
Uninterested in addressing his contractual state of affairs, Guardiola added with a dose of sarcasm: ‘No matter occurs on the finish of the season – and after I prolong my contract for 3 extra years – I can look again and say, “how good has that been?”
‘That’s a very powerful factor by far. The general public who lived this time right here collectively can really feel it.’
