Manchester City have finally got their man and Enzo Maresca represents their continuity candidate to take over from Pep Guardiola, and not merely because he has been both manager of their Elite Development Squad and assistant manager to the Catalan.
Maresca’s managerial lineage in the blue half of Manchester stretches back before Guardiola and his decade in charge. The Italian may forever be overshadowed by his predecessor at City, but is influenced by the man who was cast aside for Guardiola.
