Enzo Maresca is supported by Chelsea, regardless of whether the team ends in the top five places and reaches or not the Champions League qualification.
Chelsea goes to Nottingham Forest on Sunday for a final day decision maker, Live on Sky Sports, knowing that Victory will guarantee a place in Europe Top Club competition in the next term. The blues then have a UEFA Conference League final with Real Betis on 28 May.
The competition finish will be more crucial for the immediate future of Chelsea, with large sums of money on the table for parties that are eligible for the Champions League. But it is understanding that the club's hierarchy believes that Maresca is on his way with his project, regardless of Sunday's outcome.
“Chelsea must really be eligible for the Champions League,” says Sky Sports News Chief Reporter Kaveh Solhekol. “But I don't think this will really influence the future of Maresca.
“The senior executives of Chelsea believe that he is building something, that he is not a million miles away from achieving the goals that have set him and if they stay with him, Chelsea can be a challenge for great honor next season.
“I would expect him to stay in Chelsea. Maresca is safe.”
Chelsea started this season quickly and were only four points on leaders Liverpool on Christmas Day, after they had played a game more. But a drop – off in shape – affected by goal droughts for Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer – saw Chelsea -Zinking. They are now 17 points behind the champions of Arne Slot and in a five-team fight for the last three Champions League spots.
How Champions League qualification will influence transfer plans
Cheslea is on track to bank a windfall of £ 200 million, but they have no plans to sign superstar players such as Real Madrid wing player Rodrygo.
The 24-year-old Brazilian has been associated with a relocation of € 100 million to Chelsea in the Spanish media, but he is currently not a target.
Rodrygo is seen as an exceptional player, but the total costs of a potential deal, including wages, are priceless and a movement would not fit in the strategy of Chelsea in recent transfer windows.
The model of Chelsea, which is very similar to that of Paris Saint-Germain, is building a team of young players of world class who will develop together and challenge next season for large trophies.
PSG has reached the Champions League final with a young, exciting team after changing strategy and throwing away their model of signing superstar players such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Chelsea will earn at least £ 100 million if they are eligible for the Champions League and they will reach around £ 100 million if they reach the last phases of the club World Cup.
Chelsea expects to be busy on the transfer market this summer, although a lot will depend on whether they are eligible for the Champions League. They have a crucial last Premier League match of the season on Sunday in Nottingham Forest, live on Sky Sports.
Many elite players who will move this summer wait to see who will play in the elite competition of European football next season before they are completed.
Chelsea is planning to sign a striker, a center-back and a left-sided broad player. Goals include players such as Liam Delap, Benjamin Sesko, Viktor Gyokees, Alejandro Garnacho, Nico Williams, Jorrel Hato, Marc Guehi and Jarrad Branthwaite.
Players will also leave Chelsea this summer, but Enzo Fernandez is arranged and not for sale despite reports in Argentina who re -link him with Real Madrid.
The World Cup winner is a viewed as an important player who is back to his best and part of the core of the team, together with players such as Moises Caiceedo and Cole Palmer.
Fernandez was contracted to Chelsea until 2032. He moved to Stamford Bridge in a deal of £ 106.8 million from Benfica in January 2023.
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