Enzo Maresca – novi junak Chelseaja
Sažeto, Enzo Maresca definitivno uspijeva u Chelseaju, gdje su gospoda Potter, Lampard i Pochettino propali, s Plavcima apsolutno u utrci za naslovom Premijer lige ove sezone. Postoji jedinstvo u ekipi u 24/25 koje nije bilo primjetno prije, i menadžer zaslužuje priznanje za to. Isto važi i za njegove vještine upravljanja ljudima. Iako može biti surov kada donese odluku, Italijan očigledno neće ništa uljepšavati. Ako vas ne voli, očigledno će vam to iskreno reći. Nema sivih zona i za elitne sportaše to je nešto s čim mogu raditi.
Chelsea-jev pametan transfer posao također “dokazuje da su ljudi bili u krivu”, iako su propustili “posebnog” asa Arsenala. Bivši profesionalni nogometaš pretvoren u analitičara, Stan Collymore, vjeruje da Plavci skoro sigurno imaju pobjednika u Maresci.
“Enzo Maresca je zaista fascinantan,” rekao je za CaughtOffside za svoju ekskluzivnu kolumnu. “On stalno govori da Chelsea nije u borbi za naslov, kada očigledno jesu, i igraju lijepi, napadački, atraktivni fudbal s Coleom Palmerom u središtu.
“It’s worth recalling a column I did back in January 2023 when I basically agreed with Mykailo Mudryk that Chelsea were a better project than Arsenal. It’s hard to argue against it at this point, when you consider what Maresca has achieved in such a short space of time compared to Mikel Arteta’s tenure. “[…] Maresca has basically got a cohesive unit, and I think that where he’s succeeded – and where Poch, Lampard and Potter failed – is that we’re no longer talking about the more than a billion pounds that’s been spent recently by the club. “Now when you see Chelsea, you think ‘excellent, young side.’” The turnaround in fortunes in West London is something to admire, particularly when you consider that the Chelsea job is Maresca’s first managerial job of a top-flight side. Arguably, it shows how much he’s learned from former mentor, Pep Guardiola. Maresca was one of Pep’s staff at Man City before branching out on his own, much like Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta.
