Manchester Metropolis have lastly attested the consultation of Enzo Maresca, and also Chelsea have expressed their ire at their former optimal canine.
On Monday mid-day, Male Metropolis attested the consultation of Maresca on a three-year contract.
It has been clear for months that Maresca will certainly readjust Pep Guardiola functioning together with his take off from the Etihad, yet his consultation was postponed because Male Metropolis have been in talks with Chelsea over a repayment strategy.
Maresca pit Chelsea at the start of 2026 after butting heads with nightclub principals, while they have intimated that he engineered an take off after being obtained in touch with by Male Metropolis.
And after Male Metropolis attested the consultation of Maresca, Chelsea hit out at their former optimal canine and also debunked discusses of his resignation in a spectacular news.
Chelsea said in a news on their site: ‘Chelsea FC appreciates the 2025/26 season was a hugely unsatisfactory one for the Club and also its supporters. A meaty adding factor was the interruption accumulated as a output of corrections that the Club was compelled to gain to the Head Cosmetic surgeon position over the Xmases period. Due to existent floaters, we ponder that it is valuable to discuss to our supporters what devised and also why our former Head Cosmetic surgeon disowned the Club on 1 January 2026.
Enzo Maresca ‘unexpectedly and also abruptly resigned’ at Chelsea in December 2025
‘In Loss last year, the Club was warned by our former Head Cosmetic surgeon that there could be an strategy for him to flourish Pep Guardiola at the expire of the season. It became clear to us that it was his cogent impulse to flourish Guardiola and also that he was totally committed to pursuing the strategy, in spite of the reality he was under a irreversible contract which he had certainly no right to expire.
‘In December 2025, our Head Cosmetic surgeon unexpectedly and also abruptly resigned from his position. Indisputably, we really felt let down as we advisable that his head and also heart were infatuated on another nightclub and also another strategy, in spite of owning merely arrived at Chelsea the year in days gone by.
‘Certainly no nightclub wants to readjust its head consultant midway by means of a season. Singularly, in light of his judgment not to perpetuate meeting his commitments by means of to the expire of the season, the Club was disowned with certainly no selection yet to safeguard our players, our supporters, and also the Badge and also approve his resignation.
‘In the disorders and also provided the recurring note between clubs, a personal negotiation has been recovered to with Manchester Metropolis, which entails the arrangement of repayment. A personal negotiation has alike been recovered to with the former Head Cosmetic surgeon under which he will certainly compensation repayment.
‘Glaring onward to next season, in Xabi Alonso, we have a Employer that has an genius football psyche and also is a consultant of the highest realizable reliability. He has unanimously the top weakness to acknowledge the triumphes the Club’s supporters be worthy of and also suppose.’
Immediately after this was uploaded, press correspondent Ben Jacobs debunked that Chelsea will certainly receive £17m for Maresca’s order to Male Metropolis.
He said on X: ‘Chelsea have received £17m in repayment functioning together with Enzo Maresca’s Manchester Metropolis consultation. And Maresca has already concurred a unalike negotiation.
‘Maresca has publicly apologised functioning together with his Chelsea’s resignation, while Chelsea claim they really feel “let down” by the Italian’s take off since his “head and also heart were infatuated on another nightclub”.’
‘Maresca: “The judgment was singular mine. My resignation from Chelsea opened upward a course for me to join Manchester Metropolis, which is a nightclub I knew terribly nicely. I am ecstatic that I have presently signed upward with Manchester Metropolis.
‘”I recognize that my take off from Chelsea in the middle of the season accumulated interruption for the nightclub and also I apologise for that. It was neither my motive nor my readiness.”
‘Maresca was provided assent to talk to Manchester Metropolis last year, yet at the time Chelsea really felt it would be with a perceive to persisting till the expire of the season at the earliest.’
