Leicester hires coach who helped Pep Guardiola and Man City to trophy treble
Fresh from serving to Manchester City win a treble of trophies, Enzo Maresca was employed as supervisor of relegated Leicester on Friday.
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The Italian coach was a part of Pep Guardiola’s backroom workforce at City, the place he gained the English Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup this season.
Maresca was signed to 2026.
“Enzo brings a combination of personality, method and ambition that meets extremely well with the footballing direction we are looking to take,” Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha mentioned. “His philosophy has been built over a rich and varied career, including an outstanding education as a coach, and fits with the vision we have for this next chapter in Leicester City’s history.”
Maresca was beforehand an assistant to Manuel Pellegrini at West Ham and was additionally coach of Man City’s elite growth squad and Italian workforce Parma.
He turned a part of Guardiola’s workers in 2022, serving to City to the best season in its historical past, together with profitable the Champions League title final weekend.
He faces a substantial problem at Leicester, the 2016 champion which is aiming to bounce straight again as much as the Premier League after the heartache of relegation.
“At the beginning, the target is to play in the best way we can,” Maresca mentioned. “From there, we can build, day by day, our idea and our philosophy, and the most important thing is to try to win games.”
Leicester has seen out-of-contract Youri Tielemans go away. The futures of different star gamers reminiscent of James Maddison and Harvey Barnes are unsure.
Maresca took over from Dean Smith, who was employed for the ultimate eight video games after Brendan Rogers was fired. Smith left alongside together with his coaches Craig Shakespeare and John Terry.
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