{"id":666804,"date":"2026-01-01T12:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666804\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:28:15","slug":"chelsea-board-to-hold-talks-with-uncertainty-over-enzo-marescas-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666804\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea board to hold talks with uncertainty over Enzo Maresca\u2019s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Maresca frowning on the touchline for Chelsea\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2192393292-scaled-e1736075251247-1024x683.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\"> Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s board are to meet today to discuss Enzo Maresca\u2019s future at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The Stamford Bridge club are winless in their past three games, most recently drawing 2-2 with 15th-placed Bournemouth on Tuesday. They are fifth in the Premier League, 15 points behind leaders Arsenal and only five points above 14th-placed Brighton &amp; Hove Albion.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca was the top flight\u2019s manager of the month in November but sparked uncertainty over his future last month when he said, following a home win against Everton on December 13, that the previous 48 hours had been his \u201cworst since I joined the club, because many people didn\u2019t support us\u201d. The Italian is\u00a0on a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge to take him through to 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic revealed days after Maresca\u2019s comments that he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6896778\/2025\/12\/18\/pep-guardiola-man-city-enzo-maresca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high among the candidates Manchester City are considering<\/a> in the event of Pep Guardiola leaving the Etihad Stadium next summer, though the Catalan is under contract until 2027. The two teams meet each other at the Etihad on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca has worked at Manchester City before, leading their under-21s for the 2020-21 season and returning as a first-team assistant in summer 2022. While he is expected to figure prominently if a vacancy arises in Manchester, he would not be the only candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the scrutiny surrounding his future, Maresca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6902477\/2025\/12\/19\/enzo-maresca-chelsea-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later assured Chelsea fans<\/a> he would \u201cabsolutely\u201d be at Stamford Bridge next season after their Carabao Cup win against Cardiff City on December 16, calling the Manchester City link \u201c100 per cent speculation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca was only appointed by Chelsea in June 2024, fresh from guiding Leicester City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5442022\/2024\/04\/26\/leicester-city-promotion-premier-league-maresca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the Championship title and automatic promotion<\/a> to the top flight at the first attempt. In his first season in charge, the London club won the Conference League and the newly-expanded Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian is the sixth manager since the Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital-led takeover of the club in 2022, following Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Bruno Saltor and Frank Lampard, who all took charge of the side in their first season.<\/p>\n<p>Now-USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino spent one year in west London before the two parties mutually parted ways last summer following a sixth-placed finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images Chelsea\u2019s board are to meet today to discuss Enzo Maresca\u2019s future at the club. 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