Enzo Maresca has spoken publicly for the primary time since his departure as Chelsea supervisor, saying he leaves Stamford Bridge with a way of satisfaction and peace regardless of the abrupt finish to his tenure.
Maresca was dismissed on New 12 months’s Day, lower than six months after guiding Chelsea to Membership World Cup success.
Whereas outcomes had dipped within the weeks main as much as his exit, the membership have been fifth within the Premier League on the time and had proven indicators of progress over the course of the season.
Nonetheless, tensions had begun to emerge behind the scenes, with the Italian questioning points of the membership’s path, prompting Chelsea’s hierarchy to make a change reasonably than try and resolve these issues.
Following Maresca’s departure, Underneath-21s coach Calum McFarlane was positioned in short-term cost and oversaw a 1-1 draw with Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.
Chelsea confirmed on Tuesday that former Strasbourg and Hull Metropolis head coach Liam Rosenior would take over on a everlasting foundation.
Maresca, who joined Chelsea in the summertime of 2024, mirrored on his time on the membership in a press release posted on Instagram.
He wrote: “My journey with Chelsea started with the preliminary rounds of the Convention League. I depart with the interior peace of leaving a prestigious membership like Chelsea the place it deserves to be.”
He went on to thank supporters for his or her backing throughout his time in cost, including: “I need to thank all of the Chelsea followers for his or her help during the last 18 months.
“Help that was essential to reaching Champions League qualification, profitable the Convention League, and profitable the Membership World Cup. Victories that I’ll at all times maintain in my coronary heart.”
Maresca additionally paid tribute to his gamers and workers, saying: “A particular thanks to all of the gamers who’ve accompanied me on this excellent journey. I want everybody who has shared each second with me each success on this second half of the season and sooner or later. Thanks, Chelsea from me and my household.”
Earlier than arriving in west London, Maresca loved a profitable spell at Leicester Metropolis and had beforehand labored as an assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester Metropolis. His teaching pedigree has seen him tipped as a possible successor to Guardiola on the Etihad Stadium sooner or later, whereas he has additionally been loosely linked with Manchester United following Ruben Amorim’s departure from Previous Trafford.
