Enzo Maresca has led Chelsea to the title of the Conference League and a Champions League place during his debut season in Stamford Bridge and club heads have made a decision on his future
Enzo Maresca will be put on the market heavily this summer to bring Chelsea to the next level. Chelsea boss Maresca has impressed joint owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghali by leading the club to the Europa Conference League and sending them back to the Champions League.
That has given them strength again this summer and the Chelsea -Hierarchy is probably convinced that Maresca is the right man to send the club forward. They will focus on a new center with Ipswich striker Liam Delap on their hit list and Chelsea are now red-hot favorites to land him for Manchester United.
Chelsea also likes RB Leipzig -striker Benjamin Sesko and perhaps still to Arsenal, who are ahead of the Slovenia Center for a long time. They also checked for Eintracht Frankfurt's £ 90m rated Hugo Ekitike.
That could cause doubts about the future of Nicolas Jackson, but Chelsea has supported him to the limit, but wants to get a striker to bring competition and strength from the front.
Chelsea was also on the market for a center of center and had chased Dean Huijsen before the Spain International agreed to join Real Madrid in a £ 50 million step from Bournemouth.
Maresca is a great admirer of England -defender Marc Guehi who started in the Academy of Chelsea and now Crystal Palace is confronted with a dilemma this summer, because his contract is only one year left. Newcastle is another club that is interested and is very much in the mix for Guehi who would be the kind of leader that Chelsea wants.
Chelsea also has the windfall of £ 100 million from Champions League Football Plus also the temptation to play on Europe's top phase, gives them an advantage.
They also have Brazil Teenage Wonderkid Estevao Willian who arrives from Palmeiras with Premier League rivals who believe that the winger could immediately be ready for English football and be the best prospect of his country.
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Maresca is expected to cooperate with keeper Robert Sanchez who has shown improvements in recent months, although the fans have been less convinced about the NO1 of the club.
But the Champions League qualification plus also the Gravitas to become the first club to win a clean sweep from the four major trophies of UEFA, Maresca has given a huge boost.
The hierarchy remained with the ex-Leicester boss, even when fans and experts have expressed some doubts about his playing style, whether he has a personality of large enough for a club like Chelsea and also whether he is the right long-term option.
But Maresca did what was expected of him this season and still has the club world cup in the United States and the enormous money that is offered as a prize money can be another big boost for the summer window.