Wonder if Maresca would try to keep hold of Maatsen at the club ? Think he'd also suit his system. We're going to need at least two fullbacks on each side that can play over a season.

Here's the best case to make for Maresca:

- If we are committed to a strategy with a head coach, ideological obsession with possession and young players, we need a manager that suits that to give that vision the best chance of succeeding.

- If it fails, the DoF and owners will have to own their failure. They're sticking their neck out here. If we have another Potter season the owners will either sell up or rip up the entire structure again.

Maresca is a really weird way to spell De Zerbi

comment by De Zerbi Is Inevitable (U6489)
posted 4 minutes ago
Maresca is a really weird way to spell De Zerbi
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I always felt very uneasy about De Zerbi in general, how his team's got battered this season and the way he fell out with the Brighton hierarchy at the end.

comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted 28 minutes ago
"By far the best manager I've worked for. He's incredible. Everybody will say 'he's going right to the top'. He's got everything - great man manager, tactically incredible..."

Harry Winks delivers a glowing verdict on #Chelsea-bound Enzo Maresca:
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Winks worked with Poch

De Zerbi hasn't officially been ruled out though yet so I'm not going to issue an apology about saying that De Zerbi had already been appointed behind the scenes until it's officially another manager lol

Maresca now 1/14

Time to put £14 down so I can win a quid

Brighton are considering a return for former Chelsea coach Graham Potter. (

@JacobSteinberg

) #CFC

Chelsea have reportedly joined West Ham in the race to sign Spanish-born Nigerian striker Samuel Omorodion.

According to a report from CaughtOffside, the six-time English champions are set to explore a deal for the Atletico Madrid-owned forward.

Atletico Madrid are reportedly open to selling the 20-year-old after just a year of his arrival and have set a €60 million transfer price on him.

BBC Sport understands Leicester would be seeking £8m-£10m from Chelsea in compensation for Enzo Maresca. (via

@NizaarKinsella

)

Kieran McKenna is expected to sign a long term contract at Ipswich. (

@David_Ornstein

)

Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart are set to fly to Marbella to hold face to face talks with Enzo Maresca. Permission has been granted by Leicester. (

@SkyKaveh

@SkySportsNews

)

Enzo Maresca has completely bought into the “strategic vision” of Stewart and Winstanley. Behdad Egbhali trusted them to find the next coach. (@SkyKaveh) #CFC 🔵🇮🇹

comment by De Zerbi Is Inevitable (U6489)
posted 5 hours, 37 minutes ago
comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted about an hour ago
🗣️ @SkyKaveh: “The Chelsea owners feel they have built that modern structure and the new coach is the final piece of the jigsaw who they hope is there for the best part of the next decade. The new Chelsea head coach will sign a contract longer than the 2-year deal Pochettino had”
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Hahaha haha best part of a decade hahahaha hahahagood one
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We might not exist as a Premiership club in ten years

Aston Villa have announced manager Unai Emery has agreed a new 5-year contract.

comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted about an hour ago
Brighton are considering a return for former Chelsea coach Graham Potter. (

@JacobSteinberg

) #CFC
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They are exactly his level

He was probably my last choice but let's hope that Winstanley and Stewart know what they are doing.

comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted about an hour ago
Chelsea have reportedly joined West Ham in the race to sign Spanish-born Nigerian striker Samuel Omorodion.

According to a report from CaughtOffside, the six-time English champions are set to explore a deal for the Atletico Madrid-owned forward.

Atletico Madrid are reportedly open to selling the 20-year-old after just a year of his arrival and have set a €60 million transfer price on him.
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Seriously...who has four 'o's in their name

Talking of Athletico...why didn't we try to prize Simeone away

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted about an hour ago
Chelsea have reportedly joined West Ham in the race to sign Spanish-born Nigerian striker Samuel Omorodion.

According to a report from CaughtOffside, the six-time English champions are set to explore a deal for the Atletico Madrid-owned forward.

Atletico Madrid are reportedly open to selling the 20-year-old after just a year of his arrival and have set a €60 million transfer price on him.
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Seriously...who has four 'o's in their name
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The Olson twins

We won't score goals with maresca

Slow tippy tappy build up a few shots per game

Same old same old

May as well have stuck with Potter

Before joining Leicester, Maresca watched every single game of Leicester’s relegation season, sometimes more than once, so he could see for himself what he was working with. (

@RobTannerLCFC

@TheAthletic

) #CFC

Chelsea have advanced negotiations for the transfer of another young South American talent, Brazil youth international Pedro Lima.

FootballTransfers understands that the Premier League club has offered a transfer fee worth €8million to Sport Recife for the 17-year-old full-back

Club-to-club negotiations are ongoing amidst competing interest from English champions Manchester City and leading clubs in Italy and Spain. Sport Recife president Yuri Romao has flown to London to work on the deal