Manchester City sun nada Enzo Maresca a matsayin sabon manajansa, suna ba ɗan Italiya mai shekaru 46 kwangilar shekaru uku don maye gurbin Pep Guardiola a Etihad Stadium. A cewar Sky a Italiya, City za su biya Chelsea fiye da £17 miliyan (€20 miliyan) a matsayin diyya a zaman wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar.
Maresca ya bar Stamford Bridge a ranar farko ta Janairu ta hanyar yarjejeniya, yana barin Chelsea a matsayi na biyar a Premier League — matsayi biyar sama da inda suka ƙare — tare da shekaru uku da rabi da suka rage a kwangilarsa. A cikin kakarsa ɗaya ta cikakke tare da Blues, ya jagorance su zuwa kambun UEFA Conference League da FIFA Club World Cup.
Wannan naɗin yana sake haɗa Maresca da kulob ɗin da ya san shi da kyau. Ya jagoranci City's Elite Development Squad zuwa kambun Premier League 2 a 2020/21, sannan ya dawo a matsayin mataimakin Guardiola a lokacin kakar treble ta 2022/23, lokacin da City suka lashe Premier League, FA Cup, da UEFA Champions League a Istanbul.
Kalaman Maresca a dawowarsa City
A hirarsa ta farko bayan naɗin, Maresca ya ce: "Manchester City kulob ne da na san shi sosai, kuma samun damar horar da wannan ƙungiya dama ce mai ban sha'awa a gare ni. Kulob ne da ake gudanar da shi yadda ya kamata — duk abin da suke yi yana da kirkire-kirkire, shiri, da manufa. Ga wani manaja, wannan yanayi ne na mafarki."
Ya ƙara da cewa: "Wannan zai zama lokacina na uku a nan. Na san wannan kulob ɗin, na san buƙatunsa da tsammaninsa. Ba zan iya jira ba don fara horar da 'yan wasan. Ina so mu ci nasara, mu buga ƙwallon ƙafa mai kyau, kuma mu ji daɗin matsin lamba na wakiltar Manchester City."
Ƙarshen zamanin Guardiola
Guardiola ya bar Etihad a ƙarshen kakar 2025/26 bayan shekaru goma a kujerar horo, lokacin da City suka lashe manyan kambuna 17. Duk da haka, kakarsa ta ƙarshe ta ƙare ba tare da kambun Premier League ba, Arsenal suka fi su — wanda ya nuna karon farko a aikin Guardiola a matsayin manaja da bai ci kambun Premier League a kakar-kakar biyu a jere ba.
Nazari: me ya sa City ke biya Chelsea diyya?
Kaveh Solhekol na Sky Sports News ya bayyana cewa Chelsea na tunanin an tuntubi Maresca game da matsayin City a kaka ta 2025, kuma hakan ya yi illa ga kakarsu. Shi ya sa kulob ɗin London ya nemi diyya duk da cewa an soke kwangilar ta hanyar yarjejeniya a Janairu.
Solhekol ya kwatanta Maresca a matsayin "ɗan takarar da ya fi dacewa" maye gurbin Guardiola, yana mai nuni da cewa rikodinsa a Chelsea — dawowar Champions League, cin kambun Conference League da Club World Cup — nasara ce babu tantama, duk da matsalolin da ke faruwa a bayan al'amurra da kuma tsakaninsa da shugabannin kulob ɗin.
Nazari: shin sauyin ragama zai samu cikin lumana?
Ben Ransom na Sky Sports News ya ce Maresca zabi ne mai hankali ga City don dogon lokaci na shirin. "Akwai ji cewa zai iya shiga cikin sauƙi," in ji Ransom, yana mai nuna cewa Maresca ya san kulob ɗin, yadda ake aiki a ciki, da kuma buri tasa.
Ransom ya nuna cewa City sun gina sabon ƙungiya a cikin kakar-kakar biyu da suka gabata, kuma Maresca — tare da kwarewarsa a Leicester City, gudunmawarsa ga treble ta City, da nasararsa a Chelsea — yana da tushe da ya isa don ɗaukaka wannan ƙungiya gaba.
