Manchester Metropolis have formally appointed Enzo Maresca as their new head coach. The Italian has signed a three-year contract on the Etihad Stadium, succeeding Pep Guardiola after the legendary supervisor introduced his exceptional spell on the membership to an finish.
As a part of the settlement, Manchester Metropolis can pay Chelsea greater than £17 million (€20 million) in compensation to safe Maresca’s providers, Softfootball understands.
The 46-year-old is not any stranger to the membership, having beforehand led Metropolis’s Elite Improvement Squad to the Premier League 2 title in 2020/21 earlier than serving as Pep Guardiola’s assistant in the course of the membership’s historic treble-winning marketing campaign in 2022/23.
Talking after his appointment, Maresca stated:
Manchester Metropolis is a membership I do know very effectively and to have the prospect to handle this group is an excellent alternative for me. Metropolis is an extremely well-run soccer membership. The whole lot they do is revolutionary, deliberate and purposeful. For a supervisor, that may be a dream state of affairs. It supplies the consistency I have to do my job successfully.
With the settlement now sealed, Metropolis transfer into a brand new period following one of the vital profitable managerial spells in Premier League historical past.
