BREAKING: Ornstein links Enzo Maresca with Man City job as Chelsea situation continues to deteriorate | OneFootball

Things are suddenly moving very quickly in the crazy situation around Enzo Maresca.

Just a few weeks ago he looked to have cemented his long term future at Chelsea – everything was going well, results were good, he was ticking all the boxes for the ownership and looked set for a long stay at an increasingly stable Chelsea.

Then 4 games without a win put everything into a spin, and the coach game out after Saturday’s win over Everton with some explosive comments about a lack of support at the club.

Ornstein drops Maresca bombshell

Enzo Maresca being considered as a future Man City manager claims David Ornstein.

Things have moved so quickly since then that we’re now already hearing Maresca linked with other jobs.

David Ornstein, the biggest and best source you could hope for, has just Tweeted out that Manchester City are considering appointing the Chelsea coach should Pep Guardiola leave next summer.

There are a lot of “ifs” here – will Maresca go? Will Pep go? Will City bring Maresca in? But given it’s just December we can see things moving steadily in this direction as the season wears on. Maresca worked under Guardiola at City and worked as their Under-21s coach for a year.

Maresca’s switch to be represented by “super agent” Jorge Mendes is also a hint that change could be coming sooner than we expected. This is one to follow…

In other news…

Chelsea are doing a festive series of features on their websites where they ask players for their best Christmas memories, and while Benoit Badiashile isn’t much of a raconteur, he did have some sweet things to say.

Maresca did his best Pep Guardiola impression after Chelsea’s win over Cardiff in midweek, claiming he was “very happy” while looking anything but. It was as unsettling as you could imagine…