{"id":723541,"date":"2026-06-08T18:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723541\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:28:10","slug":"enzo-maresca-man-city-still-in-negotiations-to-appoint-new-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723541\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Maresca: Man City still in negotiations to appoint new manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a> remain locked in negotiations about Enzo Maresca replacing Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n

Guardiola announced on 22 May<\/a> he would step down as City boss after a trophy laden decade in charge, and Maresca was quickly identified<\/a> as the leading contender to be his replacement.<\/p>\n

Talks are at an advanced stage, with senior figures at both clubs discussing a compensation package for Maresca.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old won the Club World Cup and Conference League during his time at Stamford Bridge but left in January<\/a> and is keen to take the City job.<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> feel they are due compensation under the terms of Maresca’s departure as he was contracted to the club until 2029 and left just six months ago.<\/p>\n

The London club have been exploring their legal options and expect a compensation package to be paid, though it remains unclear both how much that might be, or when it will be resolved.<\/p>\n

Maresca was an assistant to Guardiola during City’s Treble-winning 2022-23 campaign and played a key role in the club’s academy prior to joining the first team.<\/p>\n

The former West Brom and Juventus midfielder left City in 2023 to manage Leicester, whom he guided to promotion to the Premier League in his only season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City and Chelsea remain locked in negotiations about Enzo Maresca replacing Pep Guardiola. Guardiola announced on 22…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-723541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}