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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Hytner

Enzo Maresca bullish on Chelsea’s future but reins in title talk for now

The Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, during a training session at Cobham.
Enzo Maresca takes his Chelsea side to Southampton on Wednesday. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

For Enzo Maresca, there is a difference. Does he worry? Of course, he does. He is the manager of Chelsea and it tends to come with the territory. Does he doubt himself? Absolutely not.

When Maresca was appointed six months ago, 44 years old and with little managerial experience, the reaction was predictable. It will not work. He will not work. Not at Chelsea. Not with these owners and this enormous squad. Maresca saw it differently, partly because of these owners and this enormous squad, in which the talent runs so deep. But mainly because of his self-belief.

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