Manchester City have a contender to replace Guardiola | OneFootball

With strong chances that this will be Pep Guardiola’s last season in charge of Manchester City, the English club already has a preferred successor. According to The Athletic, the Italian Enzo Maresca, currently at Chelsea, is the possible replacement.

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The Catalan coach has been in Manchester since 2016 and has a contract with City until June 2027. Despite this, there is an expectation that he will leave the team at the end of this season, which ends in mid-2026, but the decision has not yet been made.

Maresca has already managed Manchester City’s youth teams and was Pep’s assistant coach before taking over Leicester in 2023. The Italian is in his second season in charge of the London club. There, he won the Club World Cup, defeating PSG, and the Conference League, beating Real Betis.

Despite the good results with Chelsea, the coach’s relationship with the team’s fans is strained. The manager complained about a lack of support in London.

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