As the team gears up for the Championship, Leicester City are close to naming Manchester City’s Enzo Maresca as their new head coach.
After impressing both the director of football for Leicester, Jon Rudkin, and the chairman of the team, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Maresca has appeared as the top candidate to take over at the King Power Stadium.
One of Pep Guardiola’s first-team coaches at this season’s treble winners, Maresca is highly regarded at the club and will be cleared to take the job as Leicester’s new manager.
Since being relegated from the Premier League a month ago, Leicester have conducted interviews with a number of additional possibilities, including Dean Smith, Steven Gerrard, and Scott Parker.
However, Maresca is understood to have produced an outstanding interview in which he outlined his philosophy and vision for Leicester’s future.
Telegraph Sport first revealed he was a leading contender on June 5.
🗞 #ManCity coach Enzo Maresca is the front runner for the vacant Leicester City job, but Pep Guardiola wants to keep his assistant. [Daily Mail] pic.twitter.com/v6C2tOehIV
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It is understood that Leicester have sought the opinion of Esteban Cambiasso, their former player who is close to the club hierarchy.
Maresca has earned a reputation at City as the next member of Guardiola’s backroom staff who could become a No. 1 following Mikel Arteta’s move to Arsenal. Southampton wanted the former midfielder earlier this year but he was determined to complete the season with City.
The 43-year-old has previous experience of management in Italy with Parma, but he was sacked after just 14 matches in charge.
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