Manchester City are lining up their former academy coach Enzo Maresca as Pep Guardiola’s new No.2.
Maresca, 42, is in the frame to replace the influential Juanma Lillo after the Spaniard took up an offer to manage Qatari club Al-Saad Sports Club during the week. He is a former Italy Under-21 international who started his career at West Brom in 1998 after a youth career with AC Milan and Cagliari.
Maresca guided City’s EDS squad to the first of back-to-back Premier League 2 titles in 2021. He left the Etihad last summer to become coach of Italian club Parma. Maresca was sacked after just five months in the job, but he is well regarded by City and is seen as an ideal successor to Lillo.
