Andy King: Chelsea eye Enzo Maresca due to Pep Guardiola links
Leicester title winner Andy King thinks Chelsea are drawn to. Enzo Maresca as head coach due to his connection with Pep Guardiola.
Chelsea are reportedly in advance talks to appoint Leicester boss Maresca, the 44-year-old เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย Italian who until last summer was Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City.
Maresca has since guide the Foxes back into the Premier League at the first attempt following relegation 12 months ago,. With the style of football also impressing the Chelsea hierarchy, who are seeking a successor to Mauricio Pochettino.
“I playe against Leicester twice this season (for Bristol City) and the way the team. Was set up was exactly the same as Pep,” King told media.
“Why wouldn’t you when someone has just won four Premier Leagues in a row? To have that detail and knowledge and be learning from someone like Pep on a daily basis,. Why would you not take the best bits of that?
I’m sure he’s adde his own things, but to be able to have first-hand access to. Pep Guardiola and seeing how he works is important.
“That was very clear in the way he set his team up and the way he playe.”
Midfielder King made 379 appearances in a 14-season stay at Leicester and won the Premier League title at the King Power Stadium in 2016.
The 35-year-old Wales international retire at the end of the season and remains in close contact with the Leicester dressing room.
“I know the lads really like working with the manager,” said King. “They always speak very highly of him and having playe against him, I can see why.