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BERGAMO, ITALY – DECEMBER 09: Enzo Maresca head coach of Chelsea FC looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Phase MD6 match between Atalanta BC and Chelsea FC at Stadio di Bergamo on December 09, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Italian coach Enzo Maresca assures he feels \u2018ready for the next chapter\u2019 of his career, which could be Manchester City after the split from Chelsea. \u2018We\u2019ll see what happens.\u2019<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old had taken Chelsea to the Club World Cup trophy last year, beating Paris Saint-Germain to lift the silverware in the USA.<\/p>\n

However, a series of disagreements with the Stamford Bridge hierarchy saw him part ways with the Blues on January 1.<\/p>\n

Now he is being tipped as the successor to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City<\/a>, if the Spaniard decides to walk away.<\/p>\n

Maresca was a guest on Sky Sport Italia this evening and said he was eager to get back to work after five months at home.<\/p>\n

Maresca eager to get back to work\"BERGAMO,BERGAMO, ITALY \u2013 DECEMBER 09: Enzo Maresca head coach of Chelsea FC gestures during the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Phase MD6 match between Atalanta BC and Chelsea FC at Stadio di Bergamo on December 09, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel ready for the next chapter, that is the most important thing,\u201d said the Italian.<\/a><\/p>\n

He was asked specifically about those Manchester City rumours, and did not shrug them off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat matters, regardless of the club, is being ready. There are only a few weeks left until the end of the season, then we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reason he is so heavily linked with the Manchester City job is that he was Guardiola\u2019s assistant manager there in the 2022-23 campaign, and before that worked at their youth academy in 2020-21.<\/p>\n

His only Serie A role was at Parma for 14 games in 2021, then he took Leicester City to promotion in 2023-24, before taking the Chelsea job that summer.<\/p>\n

Another alternative would be the Napoli job, if Antonio Conte moves on at the end of the season.<\/a><\/p>\n


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