Pep to leave at the end of the season

Marvin. said:
And if the players didn't know, damaging.
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My job requires pretty close people reading so I've been lying to myself holding out hope he was stay as his body language, demeanor - everything has been either very different or at least notable especially the last few months. Has felt like he made up his mind months ago and his new found calmness is representative of that weight lifted. I'd be pretty surprised if the players didn't know.
 
johnny crossan said:
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Chelsea to launch legal complaint over Man City’s Enzo Maresca pursuit​

Stamford Bridge club unhappy with the effect Italian’s abrupt departure had on their season which could result in no European football

Chelsea are shaping up for a legal battle with Manchester City over their putative appointment of Enzo Maresca, who left Stamford Bridge in contested circumstances at the start of the year.
With Pep Guardiola expected to leave City after a decade in charge, the first choice to replace him is the Italian who departed Chelsea abruptly earlier this season. Although the terms of that split have never been commented on publicly by either side, the allegation that Maresca had told Chelsea’s ownership that he was in talks with City has not been disputed.
The expectation is that Chelsea will seek compensation from City, with the added threat of disclosure about the terms of Maresca’s departure from Stamford Bridge, and the events in the months leading up to it. Neither club have commented on the situation.
For any action to be brought against City it is understood that a complaint would have to be made by Chelsea to the Premier League, which would then be obliged to investigate under the terms of its own rules.
It is expected that the legal case Chelsea have in that regard will unfold when, as expected, Maresca is appointed by City. That announcement may take some time given the significance of Guardiola’s departure. Maresca, 46, has said nothing in public since his Chelsea departure at a time when the club were fifth. Although Chelsea have not confirmed, it is understood that there was no major compensation pay-out to the Italian.
Chelsea had started to fall away this season in the final weeks leading up to Maresca’s sacking on Jan 2. The team were on a run of just one win in seven Premier League games with suggestions from inside the club that all was not well. By the end, his position was considered untenable by the club.

Maresca’s record at Chelsea​



It culminated in him skipping post-match media duties following a draw with Bournemouth. Before that run of poor results, Chelsea had been in second place in the Premier League and there remains considerable disquiet at the club that the Maresca departure undermined their season. The arrival of Liam Rosenior as Maresca’s successor did not work out as Chelsea would have wished and the club is currently on its fourth managerial appointment of the season.
City have been obliged to plan at different points over recent years when it looked like Guardiola might be wavering in his future. There have been times in the past when they have looked closely at lining up another assistant of his, Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal manager currently in pole position to win the Premier League this season.
Maresca is well-known to City Football Group, having been part of the City staff on two occasions – one year in charge of the club’s Under-23s in 2020-2021 and then as a first-team assistant to Guardiola in the 2022-2023 season.
He was appointed by Chelsea as the Championship-winning manager of Leicester City in the summer of 2024. He won the Uefa Conference League in his first season and then the Fifa Club World Cup, having studiously avoided any controversy. The relationship with Chelsea broke down in a relatively short space of time. After the win over Everton on Dec 13, Maresca said that he had experienced “the worst 48 hours” of his career – interpreted as a direct attack on Chelsea and its BlueCo ownership.
That was later understood to be around the issue of return to play for injured players. Nevertheless, it was interpreted on some sides as deliberately provocative.
Without a win in their last seven Premier League games, Chelsea play Tottenham Hotspur at home on Tuesday night currently out of the European places in tenth position. The club have appointed Xabi Alonso and his coaching team to take over in the summer. City play Bournemouth when only a win will keep the title race alive.
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It's not City's fault they sacked him.
 
sergio16aguero said:
The club won't comment or make statements on the day of a game. Soul focus is on that officially. Its just shocking timing.
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The timing doesn’t matter. Unless it was in the summer but who would want that? It probably galvanised the players to win 2 cups. The noise has been intense for months. Just because we didn’t want to believe it doesn’t mean it wasn’t happening. Player quotes all the time, pep not answering properly. News like this gets leaked. That simple.

Win tonight now looking more on imo. Let’s send him off with a fighting end to his illustrious rein.
 
Kippax77 said:
Gutted to fuck.
Who's going to fight our corner now.
This guy has stood up to the red media in this country and defended us for a decade now.
The guy is a City legend and it will take some getting used to him not being the head of us anymore.
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Enzo is feisty as fuck with the press. Takes no shit whatsoever.
 
CC1 said:
He inherited Ancelotti’s successful squad. The fact they went downhill just a year after Alonso left shows he did nothing to improve them during his one year tenure and undid all of Ancelotti’s good work
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You clearly don’t watch La Liga. They won nothing in Ancelotti’s last season. He got off to a good start and were still in contention in all competitions when he got sacked. He was there for half a season and they got rid of him because he fell out with Vinicius. He worked wonders at a Leverkusen side who weren’t competitive before he joined and haven’t been competitive since he left
 
Kippax77 said:
Gutted to fuck.
Who's going to fight our corner now.
This guy has stood up to the red media in this country and defended us for a decade now.
The guy is a City legend and it will take some getting used to him not being the head of us anymore.
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We are passed that now. Pep did his bit regarding 115 and legitimately growing the club to what we are today.

We can stand up for ourselves. They will write what they want anyway.

Wankstains on humanity.
 
Grealish’s Shinpads said:
You clearly don’t watch La Liga. They won nothing in Ancelotti’s last season. He got off to a good start and were still in contention in all competitions when he got sacked. He was there for half a season and they got rid of him because he fell out with Vinicius. He worked wonders at a Leverkusen side who weren’t competitive before he joined and haven’t been competitive since he left
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Here is the year-by-year breakdown of the club's silverware: [1, 2] in a more competitive league
  • 2024: UEFA Champions League, La Liga, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Intercontinental Cup, and Supercopa de España
  • 2023: Copa del Rey and FIFA Club World Cup
  • 2022: La Liga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and Supercopa de España

what did Alonso do?
 
pudge said:
Pep obviously does tbf
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Does he mate? I genuinely haven’t heard him getting cheesed off about it all (about the news having broken/been leaked this week). Has he said something? But yep, he probably wants/wanted to control things, but they’ve done well to keep it this long tbh!
 
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wolviedinho said:
We are passed that now. Pep did his bit regarding 115 and legitimately growing the club to what we are today.

We can stand up for ourselves. They will write what they want anyway.

Wankstains on humanity.
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I've never seen anyone from the club other than Pep in front of the media's headlights.
Certainty agree with your last sentence though
 
CC1 said:
Here is the year-by-year breakdown of the club's silverware: [1, 2] in a more competitive league
  • 2024: UEFA Champions League, La Liga, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Intercontinental Cup, and Supercopa de España
  • 2023: Copa del Rey and FIFA Club World Cup
  • 2022: La Liga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and Supercopa de España

what did Alonso do?
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There's not much he could do if he was sacked. None of the important trophies were won the season before he went . It was an ageing side . Guardiola won nothing in his first season here things take some time.
He was virtually unbeaten for a season with Leverkusen.

I'm not unhappy with Maresca but Alonso's record impresses.
 
colinbellsboy said:
If this story is true, I reckon Pep knows the outcome of the 115. I'm sure he wouldn't leave if we were guilty, it would give those twots in the media, etc, a chance to slag him off for going. So I think we are innocent of all the major charges, and maybe they'll invent non cooperation just to give everyone an excuse to carry on slagging us off.
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I somewhat doubt that there has been a verdict communicated to both parties and if it has then it is nothing more than a coincidence Once the parties are informed it will be a matter of days as to when it is made public and Im sure than there will be leaks
All the evidence points to City laying plans from as early as October
 
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