Leicester City‘s Championship winning manager Enzo Maresca has been named the favourite to take over the vacant Chelsea manager role after Mauricio Pochettino’s exit from the Blues.
Amongst a recent whirlwind of transfer gossip, the 44-year-old has found himself at the top of the bookies’ list of an eclectic mix of favourites. The Italian’s odds to take the reins at Stamford Bridge have been slashed this week according to local news source the Leicestershire Mercury and he’s now the favourite/
Maresca finds himself ahead of the likes of Ipswich Town manager Kieran Mckenna and the former Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi who are two other notable names to have been shortlisted for the job. Pochettino’s successor will be the fourth permanent Chelsea boss in just over two years at a club that has become notorious for its revolving door of managers.
Maresca has attracted the gaze of Todd Boehly and his Chelsea team after a storming Championship campaign that saw the Foxes win the league by one point ahead of Mckenna’s Ipswich. The former Manchester United coach is perhaps attracting even more attention than the Foxes boss, being linked with a host of top sides over the past few days.
