Chelsea appoint Enzo Maresca as new manager

Chelsea connected Monday appointed Leicester brag Enzo Maresca arsenic their caller manager connected a five-year woody to regenerate the departed Mauricio Pochettino.

The Italian, 44, joined the Foxes successful June 2023 and led them to the Championship rubric past season.

“We are delighted to invited Enzo to Chelsea,” said Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley, Chelsea’s co-sporting directors.

“He has proven himself to beryllium an fantabulous manager susceptible of delivering awesome results with an breathtaking and identifiable style.

“Enzo has profoundly impressed america successful our discussions starring up to his appointment. His ambitions and enactment ethic align with those of the club.”

Maresca volition statesman his caller relation connected July 1 connected a five-year contract, with a nine enactment of a further year.

“To articulation Chelsea, 1 of the biggest clubs successful the world, is simply a imagination for immoderate coach,” helium said. “It is wherefore I americium truthful excited by this opportunity.

“I look guardant to moving with a precise talented radical of players and unit to make a squad that continues the club’s contented of occurrence and makes our fans proud.”

Pochettino near Stamford Bridge by communal consent past period aft different turbulent play successful which the nine spent overmuch of the run successful mid-table.

The broadside recovered to triumph their last 5 games of the play and gain a spot successful the Europa Conference League.

They besides reached the last of the League Cup and the FA Cup semi-finals.

Maresca volition beryllium the sixth manager to person managed the archetypal squad since Todd Boehly’s Clearlake Capital consortium bought the nine 2 years ago.

Chelsea person spent much than £1 cardinal ($1.3 billion) connected signings since Clearlake took implicit ownership from Roman Abramovich successful May 2022.