Fabrizio Romano names former Chelsea manager as ‘name identified’ to replace Pep Guardiola | OneFootball

It just feels like this one is already happening and in place – Enzo Maresca to take over from Pep Guardiola as next Man City boss.

There’s been a lot of noise around it already, but now even Fabrizio Romano is mentioning Maresca as the ‘name identified’ to become the next Manchester City manager when Pep Guardiola does leave the club, which is largely expected to be this summer.

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Maresca had mixed reviews as Chelsea manager. Some Chelsea fans really liked him and didn’t want him to leave the club, whilst others did not like him at all and were very happy when he left Chelsea. There wasn’t much in the middle to be honest, it was either vastly one way or the other.

But now, it looks like he is destined to become the next City manager very soon.

Maresca to City

Enzo Maresca calls out instructions. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Romano reports:

‘The name already identified to become next Manchester City manager should Pep Guardiola leave remains former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca.’

Chelsea fans will be just as eager as City fans to see how this will go. I do wonder what City fans will be thinking about this, whether they will be excited about this appointment or not.

In other news…

There is some good news – Chelsea are apparently hopeful about the injury Trevoh Chalobah picked up towards the end of the PSG game earlier in the week. We will keep our fingers crossed.

After the PSG defeat on Tuesday night, ESPN pundits laid into Liam Rosenior’s actions with a tactical note late in the game.

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