EPL: Maresca told us he wants to replace Guardiola – Chelsea release statement

Chelsea person released a connection successful which they blamed erstwhile manager, Enzo Maresca, for however the 2025/2026 run unravelled. 

The Blues claimed Maresca informed the nine that helium is keen to regenerate Guardiola astatine Manchester City. 

This yet led to the Italian’s resigning successful December 2025. 

Guardiola himself near City astatine the extremity of the season. 

Chelsea’s connection read: “Chelsea FC appreciates the 2025/26 play was a hugely disappointing 1 for the Club and its supporters. A large contributing origin was the disruption caused arsenic a effect of changes that the Club was forced to marque to the Head Coach presumption implicit the Christmas period.

“Due to caller developments, we see that it is important to explicate to our supporters what happened and wherefore our erstwhile Head Coach near the Club connected 1 January 2026.

“In Autumn past year, the Club was informed by our erstwhile Head Coach that determination mightiness beryllium an accidental for him to win Pep Guardiola astatine the extremity of the season.

“It became wide to america that it was his beardown tendency to win Guardiola and that helium was afloat committed to pursuing the opportunity, contempt the information helium was nether a semipermanent declaration which helium had nary close to terminate.

“In December 2025, our Head Coach unexpectedly and abruptly resigned from his position. Obviously, we felt fto down arsenic we believed that hi...