Chelsea 'make plans' to replace Maresca with Premier League manager in 'near future'
Chelsea are gaining strategies to hire Bournemouth honcho Andoni Iraola in the ‘direct future’ via Enzo Maresca now on ‘slim ice’, according to reports.
After pleasing earlier-to-earlier Premier League matches versus Liverpool and also Nottingham Timberland earlier this month, Maresca’s side were revived down to earth over the weekend break as they thrown away 2-1 at house to fresh-commercialized Sunderland.
That output saw Chelsea decrease to ninth in the Premier League table via Manchester United and also other sides delivering overhanging them.
It is a performance that owns loaded duress earlier onto Maresca via Chelsea confronting a strenuous-peeking component versus London foes Tottenham on Saturday in their next off Premier League match.
After pick up one juncture from three Premier League games versus Brentford, Male Utd and also Brighton in September, there was some speculation that Maresca can be under a particle of duress from the board.
Chatting at the end of September, Fabrizio Romano conferred an simplify on Maresca’s future, he said: “Innumerable frets on Chelsea know-hows, numbers of frets on what’s going on via Enzo Maresca and also Chelsea. My specialization is that Chelsea have a full trust fund in Enzo Maresca. Red cards are being a aspect in Chelsea beats. That’s vitally transparent.
“Is the number procedure so and also so this is why, in improvement, Chelsea are not doubting around Enzo Maresca, full trust fund in the manager. They assume he’s the correct male for this errand. So Chelsea preserve protecting and also backing and also sustaining their manager.
“Then males, if you ask me around Maresca future, Chelsea, we are made service of to that, they always mull the period at the end of the period. So Chelsea, via this modern ownership in the current years, they’ve never ever before been burly fans of readjusts during the period, lone if the case was actually going so destructive.
“But we in improvement saw via Pochettino, for instance, that they despondent to mull the case at the end of the period in 2024 and also after that to appoint Enzo Maresca. So the pointer Chelsea is always for the end of the period mull, yet Chelsea are not placing any kind of crater a case of Enzo Maresca.
“Currently they preserve protecting the manager, and also so Maresca keeps hundred percent obsessed and also hundred percent urged that Chelsea can execute vitally reasonable points this period, after that it’s gonna snag time. There are modern players to include. There are numbers of young players. So it’s not something instantaneous, yet for sure, Chelsea preserve kneading with each other and also sustaining Enzo Maresca.”
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But now a honorable account on X claims that Chelsea are lining up Iraola, that owns guided Bournemouth to second in the Premier League, via Maresca ‘on slim ice’ via some Blue funks officials.
The account which outlines itself as a ‘staff of 5 elite press correspondents’ concocted: ‘Exclusive. We become aware @ChelseaFC are gaining strategies to carry Andoni Iraola to the nightclub in the direct future.
‘They assume Andoni Iraola will become one of the spearheading supervisors in earth football. Enzo Maresca is on slim ice via specific #cfc officials according to resources.’